Severe corrosive oesophagitis: Are high doses of methyl prednisolone efficient to prevent oesophageal caustic stricture in children?;Les oesophagites caustiques severes. Les doses elevees de solumedrol sont-elles efficaces pour prevenir les stenoses caustiques?

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-19

  Mazigh Mrad, S ^a   Boukthir, S ^a   Fetni, I ^a   Sfaihi, L ^a   Dabbabi, A ^a   Barsaoui, S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Endoscopic dilatation; Oesophageal corrosive stricture; Severe corrosive oesophagitis; Systemic methyl prednisolone

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947535835     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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