TY - GEN AU - Mohamed Said Mowed AU - Dorria Salem , AU - Mohamed hamdey ElAckad , AU - Mostafa Taha , TI - Osteoporosis in steroid free therapy against steroid treated therapy in renal transplant patients / PY - 2006/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Said Mowed , KW - Osteoporosis KW - renal transplant KW - steroid N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - The long - term use of corticosteroids is associated with many adverse sequalae , two major complications in renal transplant patients , are excessive weight gain and osteoporosisIn the last decade , a paradigm shift has occurred in the field of renal transplantation , the use of new and powerful immunosuppressive drugs have led to excellent short - term patient and graft survivalDual energy X - ray absorptiometry bone mineral measurement is an unique , non invasive method in detecting bone mass disorderIn this study we evaluate BMD in steroid free and steroid treated renal transplant patientThis study include 20 renal transplant patients divided into two groups : (Group I) : 10 patients with steroid free therapy , (Group II) : 10 patients with steroid treated therapy , both group will be subjected to : history ER -