VERTEBRAL OSTEOPOROSIS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS: EFFECT OF LOW DOSE PREDNISONE THERAPY

• Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 91 - 96
• Main Authors: LAAN, R. F. J. M., VAN RIEL, P. L. C. M., VAN ERNING, L. J. TH. O., LEMMENS, J. A. M., RUIJS, S. H. J., VAN DE PUTTE, L. B. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 01.02.1992
• Subjects: Bone densitometry; Corticosteroids; Dual energy quantitative computerized tomography; Osteoporosis; Postmenopause; Vertebral fractures

The effect of low dose prednisone therapy on spinal bone mass is controversial. We measured lumbar trabecular and cortical bone mineral density (BMD) in 74 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients by dual energy quantitative computerized tomography in a cross-sectional study. The presence of vertebral def...