Pulse methylprednisolone therapy for arthritis causing muscle weakness
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Bone metabolism during methylprednisolone pulse therapy in rheumatoid arthritis.
The deleterious effects of corticosteroids (CS) on bone are well known, but probably differ depending on duration and dosage of CS therapy. Presently huge amounts of CS are given over a short period of time in different rheumatic conditions. Not much is known about the effect of this kind of CS treatment on bone metabolism. Twenty patients with persistently active rheumatoid arthritis were trea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.9.521