label: glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
label_lc: glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
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."