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  • Title: Spontaneous recovery of steroid-induced osteopenia.
    Author: Gozzi TG, Simm PJ, Cameron FJ.
    Journal: J Paediatr Child Health; 2006; 42(1-2):68-9. PubMed ID: 16487394.
    Abstract:
    We report a case of an adolescent girl treated with high-dose oral steroids for prolonged coughing thought to be secondary to unstable asthma. Iatrogenic adrenal suppression led to clinical appearance of Cushing syndrome and associated bilateral early post-capsular cataracts, slowing of growth velocity and osteopenia. After weaning off steroids, there was a spontaneous increase in aeral lumbar bone mineral density and also catch-up growth evident over a 5-year period.
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