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Corticosteroid dose increase is a risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and contralateral osteonecrosis of the femoral head: a case report

BACKGROUND: The incidence of bilateral corticosteroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is high. Although the precise mechanism of corticosteroid-induced ONFH development is unclear, hepatic enzyme abnormalities such as low activity of hepatic cytochrome P450 3A could be one cause. He...

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Autores principales: Shimizu, Hirokazu, Shimizu, Tomohiro, Takahashi, Daisuke, Asano, Tsuyoshi, Arai, Ryuta, Takakuwa, Yasunari, Iwasaki, Norimasa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6381694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30782153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2468-5