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glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis

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Mondo Description 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.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0000757:  glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis