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  • Title: [Low-dose steroids in chronic polyarthritis: a basic therapy?].
    Author: Schlumpf U, Mariotti G.
    Journal: Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax; 1993 Mar 23; 82(12):344-8. PubMed ID: 8465131.
    Abstract:
    The symptomatic and disease-modifying efficacy of low-dose corticosteroids in rheumatoid arthritis is explained. A possible therapeutic effect of low-dose corticosteroids is shown by long-term studies which include radiological evaluation. The safety and side-effects of low-dose corticosteroids are described. Steroid-induced osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis is discussed especially based on recently accomplished longitudinal bone density studies. Finally consequences in the management of rheumatoid arthritis are defined.
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