Bone mass and vertebral fractures in South African children on prolonged oral glucocorticoids for chronic non-malignant illnesses

Introduction: We hypothesized that the prevalence of vertebral fractures would be low and that bone mineral density (BMD) would be less severely affected in a black South African (SA) population treated with glucocorticoids (GCs) than that reported in mainly white populations. Methods: All children...

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Main Authors: Kebashni Thandrayen, Udai Keshav Kala, Nilesh Lala, Grace Okudo, Kiran Bhagoo Parbhoo, Fatima Yakoub Moosa, Charl Verwey, Marc Hauptfleisch, Christina Hajinicolaou, Priya Ramanlal Ambaram, Bhadrish Jayantkumar Mistry, Karen Lavinia Petersen, John Morley Pettifor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Bone Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352187221000061