Adrenal insufficiency after glucocorticoid withdrawal in children with rheumatic diseases

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1889-1893

  Huber, Benedikt M ^a   Bolt, Isabel B ^a   Sauvain, Marie Joséphe ^a   Flück, Christa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Glucocorticoid withdrawal; Low dose ACTH test; Paediatric rheumatology

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349276501     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01936.x     Document Type: Article

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