Low-dose corticosteroids and avascular n
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Mark Bauer; Paulette Thabault; Dan Estok; Cindy Christiansen; Richard Platt
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Background: Although high-dose corticosteroid use constitutes a well-known risk factor for avascular necrosis (avn), the risk of avn with low-dose corticosteroids is not well established. ## Objective: To assess avn risk for high-dose and low-dose oral corticosteroid exposure compared to basel