Osteonecrosis of the hip after short courses of oral and inhaled steroids in a child with an increased number of glucocorticoid receptors

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 913-915

  Drigo, Ilenia ^a,b   Saccari, Alessia ^a   Barbi, Egidio ^a   Bartoli, Fiora ^a   Decorti, Giuliana ^b   Ventura, Alessandro ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid hypersensitivity; Glucocorticoid receptor; Infectious wheezing; Inhaled glucocorticoids; Osteonecrosis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETAMETHASONE; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPING; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME;

BETAMETHASONE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 33750338226     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0197-x     Document Type: Article

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