Glucocorticoids as prophylaxis against acute mountain sickness

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 761-767

  Basu, Minakshi ^a   Sawhney, R C ^a   Kumar, Surender ^b   Pal, K ^a   Prasad, R ^a   Selvamurthy, W ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b Army Research and Referral Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0036886433     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2002.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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