Glucocorticoids for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-7-4

Glucocorticoids for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 7

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jul 2013

Abstract

Investigators at the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and other centers in the UK, conducted a prospective longitudinal study across 17 neuromuscular centers in the UK of 360 boys aged 3-15 years with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who were treated with daily or intermittent (10 days on/10 days off) prednisolone for a mean duration of 4 years.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-7-4 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 51 - 51

Published on: Jul 1, 2013

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy,

Cushingoid Features,

Glucocorticoids

© 2013 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 7