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A 42-yr-old white female presents with severe upper thoracic back pain.Her History includes the fact that she has been on glucocorticoid therapy for Crohn’s disease for more than 20 yr. She is premenopausal with regular periods and has no obvious risk factors for osteopoposis aside from her history of glucocorticoid therapy. Previous studies have not demonstrated any evidence of malabsorption.X-rays reveal three compression fractures of the thoracic spine(T8–11).Lumbar spine bone density is 3 SD below the mean for a 35-yr-old woman(t-score=-3.0).
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- Bone Mineral Density
- Lumbar Spine Bone Mineral Density
- Glucocorticoid Therapy
- Salmon Calcitonin
- Urinary Calcium Excretion
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Adler, R.A. (1996). Preventing and Treating Glucocorticoid Osteoporosis. In: Rosen, C.J. (eds) Osteoporosis. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0221-9_20
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