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Glucocorticoids - Therapeutic use
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Definition of 'Glucocorticoids'A group of CORTICOSTEROIDS that affect carbohydrate metabolism (GLUCONEOGENESIS, liver glycogen deposition, elevation of BLOOD SUGAR), inhibit ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE secretion, and possess pronounced anti-inflammatory activity. They also play a role in fat and protein metabolism, maintenance of arterial blood pressure, alteration of the connective tissue response to injury, reduction in the number of circulating lymphocytes, and functioning of the central nervous system. |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Superimposed linear psoriasis: differential therapeutic response of linear and nonlinear lesions.
13 Dec 2009 
Linear psoriasis is a very unusual clinical variation of psoriasis. Typical clinical features include early onset of erythematosquamous lesions along Blaschko's lines, ability to elicit psoriatic features, absence of pruritus and positive family ... Read more...
22 Nov 2009 We report a 29-year-old woman with a 15-year history of recurrent pruritic urticarial erythemas. The individual lesions lasted for > 24 h, and antihistaminic agents were not effective. Histological examination of a skin biopsy revealed interstitial ... Read more...
Bevacizumab as therapy for radiation necrosis in four children with pontine gliomas.
13 Nov 2009 PURPOSE: Diffuse pontine gliomas are a pediatric brain tumor that is fatal in nearly all patients. Given the poor prognosis for patients with this tumor, their quality of life is very important. Radiation therapy provides some palliation, but can ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Glucocorticoids - Therapeutic use'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Superimposed linear psoriasis: differential therapeutic response of linear and nonlinear lesions. 13 Dec 2009
- Persistent urticaria characterized by recurrent lasting urticarial erythema with histological features of prominent perivascular eosinophilic infiltration. 22 Nov 2009
- Bevacizumab as therapy for radiation necrosis in four children with pontine gliomas. 13 Nov 2009
- The Standard Care vs Corticosteroid for Retinal Vein Occlusion (SCORE) study system for evaluation of optical coherence tomograms: SCORE study report 4. 30 Oct 2009
- An umbrella review: corticosteroid therapy for adults with acute asthma. 30 Oct 2009
- Corticosteroid therapy for severe sepsis and septic shock.
19 Oct 2009 - Corticosteroid therapy for severe sepsis and septic shock. 19 Oct 2009
- [56-year-old patient with leg paresis, pulmonary infiltrates, and eosinophilia--Case 08/2009] 19 Oct 2009
- The use of intraocular corticosteroids. 29 Sep 2009
- Successful treatment of pemphigus vulgaris with etanercept in four patients. 29 Sep 2009
- Treatment of severe alopecia areata with intralesional steroid injections. 29 Sep 2009
- Case of the missed opportunity for temporal artery biopsy. 29 Sep 2009
- Interface wavelike deposits after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty. 29 Sep 2009
- Patient information. Henoch-Schönlein purpura. 29 Sep 2009
- Culture-positive endophthalmitis after implantation of intraocular Collamer lens. 29 Sep 2009
- Central serous chorioretinopathy and idiopathic nonhistaminergic angioedema. 29 Sep 2009
- Ocular involvement in brucellosis. 29 Sep 2009
- Visual acuity after intravitreal triamcinolone for diabetic macular edema refractory to laser treatment: a meta-analysis. 29 Sep 2009
- Glucocorticoid treatment restores the impaired suppressive function of regulatory T cells in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. 29 Sep 2009
- Primary angiitis of the central nervous system: response to mycophenolate mofetil. 29 Sep 2009
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Technical information about 'Glucocorticoids'
Definition: A group of CORTICOSTEROIDS that affect carbohydrate metabolism (GLUCONEOGENESIS, liver glycogen deposition, elevation of BLOOD SUGAR), inhibit ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE secretion, and possess pronounced anti-inflammatory activity. They also play a role in fat and protein metabolism, maintenance of arterial blood pressure, alteration of the connective tissue response to injury, reduction in the number of circulating lymphocytes, and functioning of the central nervous system.
Registry Number: 0
Descriptor UI: D005938
Alternative terms: Glucocorticoids;
Related Mesh Headings: Receptors, Glucocorticoid;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; deficiency; diagnostic use; economics; genetics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; physiology; poisoning; radiation effects; secretion; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists; administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; biosynthesis;
Tree Number: D06.472.040.543; D27.505.696.399.472.488;
History Note: 67
Technical Notes: GEN: avoid: prefer specifics;