Glucocorticoid resistance in a girl with Takayasu's arteritis [7]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 689-691

  Drigo, I ^a,b   Saccari, A ^a   Bacchin, C ^b   Barbi, E ^a   Bartoli, F ^a   Decorti, G ^b   Ventura, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERY WALL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART MURMUR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS;

EID: 33646258994     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.040162     Document Type: Letter

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