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    Principles of corticosteroid therapy / edited by Andrew N. Lin and Stephen A. Paget.

    • Title:Principles of corticosteroid therapy / edited by Andrew N. Lin and Stephen A. Paget.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Lin, Andrew N.
      Paget, Stephen A.
    • Published/Created:London ; New York : Arnold ; New York, NY : Distributed in the USA by Oxford University Press, 2002.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Adrenocortical hormones--Therapeutic use.
    • Medical Subjects: Adrenal Cortex Hormones--therapeutic use.
    • Description:xii, 465 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0340759348
    • Contents:Foreword / Charles L. Christian
      Preface / Andrew N. Lin and Stephen A. Paget
      Sect. I. Overview of Corticosteroid Therapy
      Ch. 1. History of corticosteroid therapy / Carl A. Berntsen and Andrew N. Lin
      Ch. 2. Clinical use of corticosteroids: an overview / Stephen A. Paget
      Sect. II. Basic Science Aspects
      Ch. 3. Physiological functions of corticosteroids / Thomas J. Schmidt
      Ch. 4. Mechanism of glucocorticoid action on the immune system and in inflammation / Mary K. Crow
      Sect. III. Systemic Effects of Corticosteroid Therapy
      Ch. 5. Corticosteroids and the skeletal system / Alexandra Papaioannou, Nicole C. Ferko and Jonathan D. Adachi
      Ch. 6. Steroid myopathy / Lawrence J. Kagen
      Ch. 7. Corticosteroids and the gastrointestinal tract / Jay Katzman, Pretam G. Rampresaud and Basil Rigas
      Ch. 8. Corticosteroids and the endocrine system / Khaldoun Alnabelsi, Michelle Jardine, Jason Wexler and Julianne Imperato-McGinley
      Ch. 9. Corticosteroids and the eye / Scott E. Brodie
      Ch. 10. Corticosteroids and the cardiovascular system / Dalton E. Sholter and Paul W. Armstrong
      Ch. 11. Corticosteroids and the hematopoietic system / John P. Leonard and Roy L. Silverstein
      Ch. 12. Corticosteroids and the nervous system / Alexis Demopoulos and Brian R. Apatoff
      Ch. 13. Corticosteroids and the integument / Stephen E. Wolverton
      Ch. 14. Corticosteroids and behavioral disturbances / James P. Halper
      Sect. IV. Clinical Usage
      Ch. 15. Corticosteroid replacement therapy / Robert H. Lustig
      Ch. 16. Corticosteroids in the rheumatic and autoimmune disorders / Linda Russell and Stephen A. Paget
      Ch. 17. Corticosteroids in renal diseases / Roxana M. Bologa and Manikkam Suthanthiran
      Ch. 18. Corticosteroids in ocular diseases / Scott E. Brodie
      Ch. 19. Corticosteroids in allergic disorders / Helen E. Bateman and Catherine A. Monteleone
      Ch. 20. Corticosteroids in lung diseases / Abraham Sanders
      Ch. 21. Corticosteroids in infectious diseases / Ameeta E. Singh and David L. Tyrrell
      Ch. 22. Corticosteroids in gastrointestinal diseases / Jay Katzman, Pretam G. Rampersaud and Basil Rigas
      Ch. 23. Corticosteroids in diseases of the nervous system / Deborah B. Gruber and Brian R. Apatoff
      Ch. 24. Corticosteroids in cutaneous diseases / Andrew N. Lin and Samuel L. Moschella
      Ch. 25. Corticosteroids in cardiovascular diseases / Dalton E. Sholter and Paul W. Armstrong
      Ch. 26. Corticosteroids in hematologic diseases / Ronit Simantov and Roy L. Silverstein
      Ch. 27. Corticosteroids in neoplastic disorders / Johanna M. LaSala and Roy L. Silverstein
      Sect. V. Special Management Considerations
      Ch. 28. Corticosteroids in pregnancy and lactation / Lisa R. Sammaritano
      Ch. 29. Corticosteroids in neonatal epithelial cell adaptation and endothelial cell-mediated injury / Edmund F. La Gamma and Manuel H. De Castro
      Ch. 30. Corticosteroids in adolescence and childhood / Karen B. Onel and Thomas J. A. Lehman
      Ch. 31. Infectious complications of corticosteroid therapy / Adam R. Stracher and Rosemary Soave
      Ch. 32. Pulse corticosteroid therapy / Richard Jones and Robert P. Kimberly
      Ch. 33. Medical-legal aspects of corticosteroid therapy / Allan Gibofsky and David M. Benjamin.
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