Frequent methylprednisone pulse therapy is a risk factor for steroid cataracts in children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-545

  Nerome, Yasuhito ^a   Imanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Nonaka, Yukiko ^a   Takei, Syuji ^a   Kawano, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Intravenous methylprednisone pulse therapy; Rheumatic disease; Steroid cataract

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STEROID CATARACT; TREATMENT DURATION;

CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 50249123950     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02629.x     Document Type: Article

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