Inhaled corticosteroids, adrenal suppression and benign intracranial hypertension

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 279-280

  Patradoon Ho, Patrick ^a   Gunasekera, Hasantha ^b   Ryan, Monique M ^c   Ambler, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLURRED VISION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETHARGY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NOSE POLYP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYPECTOMY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLEEP; SYNCOPE; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

EID: 33748647230     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00561.x     Document Type: Article

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