The glucocorticoid insensitivity syndrome

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue , 1996, Pages 2-4

  Lamberts, S W J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Glucocorticoid receptor; Glucocorticoids; Immune diseases; Rheumatoid arthritis; Side effects

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; METHOTREXATE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ASTHMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 0029996592     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000184815     Document Type: Article

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