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ASSESSMENT OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY BY DUAL X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY IN DERMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS TREATED BY CORTICOSTEROIDS

BACKGROUND: Corticosteroids are mainstay of dermatological therapy and they are also a well known cause of osteoporosis. The objective of the present study was to find out the influence of the systemic intake of corticosteroids, either by the oral route or by IV pulse administration, on bone mineral...

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Autores principales: Salem, Dorria, Talaat, Soha, Abdel-Halim, Mona R E, Mohsen, Kareem Mohammed
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21063514
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.70669