Fracture risk with intermittent high-dose oral glucocorticoid therapy.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risk of fracture in patients receiving intermittent therapy with high-dose oral glucocorticoids (GCs). METHODS: The study group comprised 191,752 patients from the UK General Practice Database who were 40 years of age and older and received therapy with GCs. The followup t...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2007
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