Fig. 1
From: Bilateral corticosteroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head detected at a 6-week interval
Time course for the prednisolone doses and the serum lipid levels. A 34-year-old man with purpura nephritis was started on corticosteroid therapy with prednisolone. Time course for the prednisolone doses and the serum lipid levels: triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL). * Corticosteroid pulsed treatment: methylprednisolone 500 mg/day × 6 days