Steroids have an important role

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-121

  Bedlack, Richard S ^a   Sanders, Donald B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE; STEROID; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT GAIN; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS;

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DRUG COSTS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 0036137003     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1221     Document Type: Review

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