Short-term growth after withdrawal of exogenous glucocorticoids

Hormone Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 116-118

  Wolthers, Ole D ^a   Schou, Anders J ^a  

^a Children's Clinic Randers   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Growth; Knemometry; Prednisolone; Steroids

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BONE GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; KNEMOMETRY; LOWER LEG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27144467113     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088348     Document Type: Article

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