GLUCOCORTICOIDS IN THE THERAPY OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
<p>Despite a more than fifty-year period after the introduction of glucocorticoids (GCs) into therapeutic practice; they have headed the list of anti-inflammatory drugs so far. The paper analyzes current views on the terminology of GCs, mechanism of action, standardization of indications for t...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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ABV-press
2014-07-01
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| Series: | Klinicist |
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| Online Access: | http://klinitsist.abvpress.ru/index.php/Klin/article/view/6 |
| Summary: | <p>Despite a more than fifty-year period after the introduction of glucocorticoids (GCs) into therapeutic practice; they have headed the list of anti-inflammatory drugs so far. The paper analyzes current views on the terminology of GCs, mechanism of action, standardization of indications for their use in systemic lupus erythematosus, choice of a dose and a regimes of the drugs, as well as the rates of their decrease; the authors also review Russian and foreign literature on this problem and their own data.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1818-8338 |