How to planify glucocorticoid withdrawal: Diagnostic and therapeutical strategies;Planifier un sevrage aux glucocorticoïes: Stratégie diagnostique et thérapeutique

Praxis

Volumn 92, Issue 40, 2003, Pages 1675-1682

  Vollenweider, P ^a   Waeber, G ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Functional test; Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary axis; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051667574     PISSN: 16618157     EISSN: 16618165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//0369-8394.92.40.1675     Document Type: Article

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