Fracture risk with intermittent high-dose oral glucocorticoid therapy.

De Vries, Frank; Bracke, Madelon; G M Leufkens, Hubert; J Lammers, Jan-Willem; Cooper, Cyrus; P Van Staa, Tjeerd

doi:10.1002/art.22294

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Fracture risk with intermittent high-dose oral glucocorticoid therapy.

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Authors:

Frank De Vries

Madelon Bracke

Hubert G M Leufkens

Abstract

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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