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ID DOID:0060343
Name glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
Definition An osteoporosis caused by chronic glucocorticoid use. Glucocorticoids impair the replication, differentiation and function of osteoblasts and induce the apoptosis of mature osteoblasts and osteocytes; the also favor osteoclastogenesis leading to an increase in bone resorption.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17566815, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870429
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steroid-induced osteoporosis [EXACT]

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is_a osteoporosis

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