Institution: | 1. Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Unit for Bone Metabolism Diseases and Diabetes &2. Lab of Endocrine and Metabolic Research , Milan, Italy;3. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena , Italy;4. Lab of Endocrine and Metabolic Research , Milan, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6739-4417 |
Abstract: | ABSTRACT Introduction Glucocorticoid (GC) induced osteoporosis (GIOP) is the most common form of secondary osteoporosis. It develops in a dose and time dependent manner, due to a rapid and transient increase in bone resorption, followed by the inhibition of bone formation. |