Spontaneous Fracture of the Femur during Treatment of Asthma with Corticosteroids

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Hecks

Simpson

M. E.

Li Choh

Hao

Evans

H. M.

(1944). Effects of adrenocorticotropic hormone (A.C.T.H.) on the osseous system in normal rats. Endocrinology, 34, 305.

Blodgett

F. M.

Burgin

Iezzoni

Gribetz

Talbot

N. B.

(1956). Effects of prolonged cortisone therapy on the statural growth, skeletal maturation and metabolic status of children. New Engl. J. Med., 254, 636.

Blunt

J. W.

Plotz

C. M.

Lattes

Howes

F. L.

Meyer

Ragan

(1950). Effect of cortisone on experimental fractures in the rabbit. Proc. Soc. exp. Biol. (N.Y.), 73, 678.

Bukantz

S. C.

Aubuchon

(1957). Principles of management of allergic disorders with prednisone and prednisolone with emphasis on clinical and laboratory control of complications. J. Amer. med. Ass., 165, 1256.

Curtiss

P. H.

Clark

W. S.

Herndon

C. H.

(1954). Vertebral fractures resulting from prolonged cortisone and corticotropin therapy. J. Amer. med. Ass., 156, 467.

Demartini

Grokoest

A. W.

Ragan

(1952). Pathological fractures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with cortisone. J. Amer. med. Ass., 149, 750.

Fischer

Hastrup

(1954). Cortisone and calcium balance (Effect of calcium, vitamin D, and methylandrostenediol). Acta. endocr. (Kbh.), 16, 141.

Follis

R. H.

(1951a). Effect of cortisone on growing bones of the rat. Proc. Soc. exp. Biol. (N.Y.), 76, 722.

Follis

R. H.

(1951b). Non-effect of cortisone on growing bones of mice, guinea pigs and rabbits. Proc. Soc. exp. Biol. (N.Y.), 78, 723.

10.

Good

R. A.

Vernier

R. L.

Smith

R. T.

(1957). Serious untoward reactions to therapy with cortisone and A.C.T.H in pediatric practice. Pediatrics, 9, 95.

11.

Homburger

Dart

R. M.

Bonner

C. D.

Branche

Kasdon

S. C.

Fishman

W. H.

(1953). Some metabolic and biochemical effects of methylandrostenediol. J. clin. Endocr., 13, 704.

12.

Hubble

(1957). Hormonal influence on growth. Brit. med. J., 1, 601.

13.

Key

J. A.

Odell

R. T.

Taylor

L. W.

(1952). Failure of cortisone to delay or to prevent the healing of fractures in rats. J. Bone Jt. Surg. 34a, 665.

14.

Partridge

J. W.

Boling

Dewind

Margen

Kinsell

L. W.

(1953). Metabolic and clinical effects of methylandrostenediol in human subjects. J. clin. Endocr., 13, 189.

15.

Ragan

Howes

E. L.

Plotz

C. M.

Meyer

Blunt

J. W.

(1949). Effect of cortisone on production of granulation tissue in the rabbit. Proc. Soc. exp. Biol. (N.Y.), 72, 718.

16.

Sissons

H. A.

(1956). The osteoporosis of Cushing's Syndrome. J. Bone. Jt. Surg. 38b, 418.

17.

Sissons

H. A.

Hadfield

G. J.

(1951). The influence of cortisone on the repair of experimental fractures in the rabbit. Brit. J. Surg., 39, 172.

18.

Sissons

H. A.

Hadfield

G. J.

(1955). The influence of cortisone on the structure and growth of bone. J. Anat. 89, 69.

19.

Sobel

E. H.

Raymond

C. S.

Quinn

Jtalbot

N. B.

(1956). The use of methyltestoster one to stimulate growth. J. clin. Endocr., 16, 241.

20.

Soffer

L. J.

Bader

(1952). Corticotropin and cortisone in acute disseminated lupus erythematosus. J. Amer. med. Ass., 149, 1002.

21.

Storey

(1957). The effect of continuous administration of cortisone and its withdrawal on bone. Aust. N.Z. J. Surg., 27, 19.

22.

Teicher

Nelson

C. T.

(1952). Osteoporosis and pathological fractures following treatment with A.C.T.H. and cortisone. J. invest. Derm., 19, 205.