Intermittent corticosteroid therapy of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
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Rheumatoid arthritis, corticosteroid therapy and hip fracture.
OBJECTIVE To identify the risk of hip fracture in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and those taking corticosteroids. METHODS In a population based case-control study, we compared 300 consecutive patients with hip fracture aged 50 years and over from a defined district and 600 age and sex matched community controls. RESULTS The risk of hip fracture was increased in patients with rheumatoid...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780070408