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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Main Authors: De Vries, F, Bracke, M, Leufkens, H, Lammers, J, Cooper, C, Van Staa, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007