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  • Title: [Cortisone-induced osteoporosis: from physiopathogenesis to treatment].
    Author: Peretz A.
    Journal: Rev Med Brux; 1991 Oct; 12(8):321-8. PubMed ID: 1947526.
    Abstract:
    Glucocorticoids are useful as therapeutic agents in a wide variety of clinical disorders for their antiinflammatory, immunosuppressive and cytolytic properties. When administered in supraphysiological doses they cause an array of undesired side-effects that greatly limit their clinical utility. Among them, the development of osteoporosis is critical. It is a multifactorial process with important actions occurring in bone and other sites. As a consequence, an uncoupling of bone turnover is observed with a decrease in bone formation and an increase in bone resorption. The efficacy of preventive and therapeutic interventions are limited but an area of new perspectives are currently under investigation.
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