Osteonecrosis following short-term, low-dose oral corticosteroids: A population-based study of 24 million patients

Orthopedics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Dilisio, Matthew F ^a,b  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE NECROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS HEAD NECROSIS; INCIDENCE; KNEE NECROSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEONECROSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSTEONECROSIS; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905639629     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: 19382367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20140626-54     Document Type: Article

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