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Guidelines on the management and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis of the Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research: 2014 update

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Y. S. has received research funding from Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Eisai, AbbVie, Pfeizer, Ono, Toyama Chemical, Japan Blood Products Organization, Takeda, Chugai, and Astellas, and has received honoraria or fees for promotional materials from Pfizer, Takeda, Eisai, and Mitsubishi-Tanabe. S. S. has received consulting fees, speaking fees, and/or honoraria from Asahi Kasei Pharma, Astellas, Chugai, Daiichi-Sankyo Eizai, Eli Lilly Japan, MSD, Ono, Pfizer, Takeda, Teijin Pharma. S. F. has received speaking fees, and/or honoraria from Daiichi-Sankyo and Ono. H. N. has received speaking fees from Abbvie, Chugai, Astellas, Takeda, Pfizer, Janssen, Eisai, Daiichi-Sankyo., Teijin, Lilly, Ono, and Asahikasei. I. T. has received speaking fees, and/or honoraria from Chugai, Astellas, Takeda, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Pfizer, Eisai, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eizai, Asahikasei, Teijin, Eli Lilly Japan , Taisho-Toyama, Ono and MSD. K. O. has received consulting fees, speaking fees, and/or honoraria from Chugai, Eli Lilly Japan, MSD, Pfizer, Teijin Pharma. R. T. has received speaking fees from Astellas, Daiichi-Sankyo and Eli Lilly. T. M. has received speaking fees, and/or research funding from Chugai, Takeda, Pfizer, Eisai, Daiichi-Sankyo, Taisho-Toyama, Teijin Farma, MSD, Ono and Elilly Japan. Y. T. has received consulting fees, speaking fees, and/or honoraria from Abbvie, Chugai, Astellas, Takeda, Santen, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Pfizer, Janssen, Eisai, Daiichi-Sankyo, UCB, GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers.

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Suzuki, Y., Nawata, H., Soen, S. et al. Guidelines on the management and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis of the Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research: 2014 update. J Bone Miner Metab 32, 337–350 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00774-014-0586-6

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