Do corticosteroids prevent oesophageal stricture after corrosive ingestion?

Toxicological Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-129

  Pelclová, Daniela ^a   Navrátil, Tomáš ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

BURN; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26844504050     PISSN: 11762551     EISSN: 11762551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00139709-200524020-00006     Document Type: Review

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