Corticosteroids in autoimmune diseases

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-11

  Hall, Bruce M ^a,b   Hodgkinson, Suzanne J ^a,b   Quin, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Prednisolone; Prednisone; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CATARACT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROID THERAPY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033059637     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (1)

1. Beck RW, Cleary PA, Trobe JD, Kaufman DI, Kupersmith MJ, Paty DW, et al. The effect of corticosteroids for acute optic neuritis on the subsequent development of multiple sclerosis. The Optic Neuritis Study Group. N Engl J Med 1993;329:1764-9.