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Hip fractures in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and their relationship to corticosteroid use: a population based cohort study
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- Published on: 18 April 2016
- Published on: 18 April 2016Bone density loss in Crohn’s disease: Role of TNF and potential for prevention by bupropion.Show More
Dear Editor
We note with interest the demonstration by Card et al. in the February issue of Gut that the increased hip fracture rate in Crohn’s disease, CD, and by inference the diminished bone density commonly noted in CD, is only to minor degree secondary to iatrogenic corticosteroid use.[1] The subject of bone mineral density loss in CD has been recently reviewed - tumor necrosis factor-alpha, TNF, is sus...
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