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Kurzbeschreibung Written by well-known experts in field, Overcoming Steroid Insensitivity in Respiratory Disease is the first book dedicated to dealing with the single most challenging management issue in long-term steroid therapy. Authors Ian Adcock and K Fan Chung review important new advances in therapeutics and provide the clinician with the most up-to-date information on one of the most significant therapeutic challenges to effective management of these diseases.
Aus dem Inhalt Contents
List of contributors
Preface
1 Molecular Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid Receptor Action
Pankaj Bhavsar and Ian M. Adcock
2 Side Effects of Topical and Oral Glucocorticoids
Heike Schäcke, Khusru Asadullah and Wolf-Dietrich Döcke
3 Glucocorticoid Receptor Subtypes and Steroid Sensitivity
Robert H. Oakley and John A. Cidlowski
4 Dissociated Glucocorticoids
Ian M. Adcock
5 Generalized Glucocorticoid Insensitivity: Clinical Phenotype and Molecular Mechanisms
Evangelia Charmandari, Tomoshige Kino and George P. Chrousos
6 Corticosteroid Responsiveness in Asthma: Clinical Aspects
