Glucocorticoid therapy: minimizing side effects
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Glucocorticoid therapy: minimizing side effects.
OBJECTIVE To describe the main undesirable side effects of glucocorticoid therapy, mechanisms of action and the necessary measures to minimize side effects. SOURCES Author's experience, supplemented with papers published in MEDLINE. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS The principles for minimizing undesirable side effects of glucocorticoid therapy include: a) only use glucocorticoids if they are essent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.1713