State of affairs in use of steroids in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: an international survey and a review of the literature

Children diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) face a dismal prognosis, with severe neurologic deterioration and inevitable death at a median of 9 months from diagnosis. Steroids are widely prescribed as supportive or palliative treatment although they are known to cause severe side...

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Autores principales: Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Sophie E. M., Cruz, Ofelia, Kaspers, Gertjan J. L., Hargrave, Darren R., van Vuurden, Dannis G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
Materias:
Topic Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27177627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11060-016-2141-x

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