Recovery of Adrenal Function after Long-Term Glucocorticoid Therapy for Giant Cell Arteritis: A Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Jamilloux, Yvan ^a   Liozon, Eric ^a   Pugnet, Gregory ^b   Nadalon, Sylvie ^a   Heang Ly, Kim ^a   Dumonteil, Stephanie ^a   Gondran, Guillaume ^a   Fauchais, Anne Laure ^a   Vidal, Elisabeth ^a  

^a LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RELAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84880786537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068713     Document Type: Article

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