Suppression of the HPA axis in pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis [4]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1449-1450

  Ishay, Avraham ^a   Ziv, Michael ^b   Kerner, Myriam ^b   Luboshitzky, Rafael ^b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOCINONIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LETTER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FLUOCINONIDE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 36348993729     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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