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Achilles tendon rupture: an underrated complication of corticosteroid treatment
D M Newnham1, J G Douglas, J S Legge
1Thoracic Medicine Unit, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Thorax
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
Ten patients attending outpatient clinics who were taking oral corticosteroids ruptured their Achilles tendon in the course of 12 years. It is suggested that Achilles tendon rupture is a complication of corticosteroid treatment.