corticosteroids are recommended for emergency management of an asthmatic attack. this study was designed to compare the effectiveness of oral and intramuscular steroid on spirometric results in acute asthma. we performed a randomized trial involving 88 adults, aged 15-70 years, with acute exacerbation of asthma requiring treatment with steroids. all had been treated with standard bronchodilator...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, ghazavi a. comparison of deflazacort and prednisone in duchenne muscular dystrophy. iranianjournal of child neurology 2012;6(1):5-12. objective duchenne muscular dystrophy (dmd) is a degenerative disease that usually becomes clinically detectable in childhood as progressive proximal weakness. no cure is yet available for dmd, but the use of steroids impro...