Journal of bone and mineral metabolism
Bone fragility and atypical femoral fractures in SLE: role of disease activity, infection, and treatment.
Hiroe Sato, Naoki Kondo, Tomoya Watarai, Eriko Hasegawa, Ayako Wakamatsu, Yukiko Nozawa, Daisuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Kuroda, Suguru Yamamoto
Published: 202610.1007/s00774-025-01683-y
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: To determine the incidence and risk factors of fragility fractures and atypical femoral fracture (AFF)-related events in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) receiving long-term glucocorticoid (GC) therapy. MATERIALS AND MET…
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