Differential effects of short-term prednisolone treatment on peripheral and abdominal subcutaneous thickness in children assessed by ultrasound

Steroids

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 525-531

  Schou, Anders J ^a,b   Heuck, Carsten ^a   Wolthers, Ole D ^a  

^a Children's Clinic Randers   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Prednisolone; Steroid; Subcutaneous thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BRICANYL TURBUHALER; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE; TERBUTALINE;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; LIPOATROPHY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THIGH; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0042668293     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(03)00086-2     Document Type: Article

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