Comparison of the particle sizes of different steroids and the effect of dilution: A review of the relative neurotoxicities of the steroids

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-338

  Benzon, Honorio T ^a   Chew, Teng Leong ^a   McCarthy, Robert J ^a   Benzon, Hubert A ^a   Walega, David R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DILUTION; DRUG FORMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BETAMETHASONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARTICLE SIZE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 33846560637     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200702000-00022     Document Type: Article

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