The effects of corticosteroids on bone: Osteonecrosis (avascular necrosis of the bone)

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-98

  Weldon, David ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MEVINOLIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE; VITAMIN D;

ALCOHOLISM; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE NECROSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; OSTEONECROSIS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 68249094332     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60159-7     Document Type: Review

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