European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 51-56, January 2008

Postmenopausal Canarian women receiving oral glucocorticoids have an increased prevalence of vertebral fractures and low values of bone mineral density measured by quantitative computer tomography and dual X-ray absorptiometry, without significant changes in parathyroid hormone

  • M. Sosa

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Insular, Department of Internal Medicine, Bone Metabolic Unit, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Investigation Group on Osteoporosis, Canary Islands, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Investigation Group on Osteoporosis, Faculty of Medicine, Apartado 550, 35080, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Tel.: +34 928451456; fax: +34 928451428.
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  • E. Jódar

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Endocrinology Division, Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Madrid, Spain
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  • P. Saavedra

      Affiliations

    • University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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  • M.C. Navarro

      Affiliations

    • University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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  • M.J. Gómez de Tejada

      Affiliations

    • University of Seville, Department of Medicine, Seville, Spain
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  • A. Martín

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Insular, Department of Internal Medicine, Bone Metabolic Unit, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Investigation Group on Osteoporosis, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • P. Peña

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Insular, Department of Internal Medicine, Bone Metabolic Unit, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Investigation Group on Osteoporosis, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • J. Gómez

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Insular, Department of Internal Medicine, Bone Metabolic Unit, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Investigation Group on Osteoporosis, Canary Islands, Spain

Received 17 December 2006; received in revised form 28 August 2007; accepted 30 August 2007. published online 22 November 2007.

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PII: S0953-6205(07)00257-9

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2007.08.005

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 51-56, January 2008

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