Recovery of Adrenal Function after Long-Term Glucocorticoid Therapy for Giant Cell Arteritis: A Cohort Study

OBJECTIVES: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic systemic vasculitis of large and medium-sized arteries, for which long-term glucocorticoid (GC) treatment is needed. During GC withdrawal patients can suffer adrenal insufficiency. We sought to determine the time until recovery of adrenal function...

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Autores principales: Jamilloux, Yvan, Liozon, Eric, Pugnet, Gregory, Nadalon, Sylvie, Heang Ly, Kim, Dumonteil, Stephanie, Gondran, Guillaume, Fauchais, Anne-Laure, Vidal, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3722149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23894335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068713

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3722149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23894335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068713

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