Prevention of glucocorticoid osteoporosis: A consensus document of the Dutch Society for Rheumatology [1]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 324-325

  Geusens, P P ^a   De Nijs, R H J ^b   Lems, W F ^c   Laan, R F J M ^d   Struijs, A ^e   Van Staa, T P ^f   Bijlsma, J W J ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Procter and Gamble ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DECISION MAKING; DRUG TARGETING; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIETY; SPINE MALFORMATION;

GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 1342301538     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.008060     Document Type: Letter

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