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Rate and types of fractures in corticosteroid-treated multiple sclerosis patients
R A Troiano1, A Jotkowitz, S D Cook
1Department of Neurosciences, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103.
Neurology
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
In a retrospective study of 103 corticosteroid-treated MS patients, the average rate of fracture events was 3.2% of the patients per year over 7.1 (+/- 5.7 SD) years at risk. Fractures of the ribs, pelvis, hip, or vertebrae occurred in 11 patients and became most common 5 years after starting steroids. Relatively high or low cumulative doses of steroids did not correlate predictably with the occurrence of fractures.