Single daily dose corticosteroid treatment.
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Single daily dose corticosteroid treatment. Effect on adrenal function and therapeutic efficacy in various diseases.
In the normal subject the level of circulating cortisol is regulated by a feed-back mechanism so that an increase in plasma cortisol results in diminished secretion of corticotrophin by the pituitary. Synthetic corticosteroids act on the feed-back mechanism in a similar manner to endogenous cortisol, and a single dose will inhibit corticotrophin release and hence cortisol production. The degree...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.35.1.73