Growth impairment and adrenal suppression on low-dose inhaled beclomethasone

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 143-144

  Shenoy, Shruthakrithi D ^a   Swift, Peter G F ^a   Cody, Declan ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal suppression; Growth impairment; Inhaled corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BECLOMETHASONE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644816904     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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