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[Corticosteroid sensitivity, dependence and resistance in inflammatory and immunologic diseases. Physiopathologic
D Franchimont1, J Belaiche, V Geenen
1Service de Gastroentérologie, Université de Liège.
Revue Medicale De Liege
|April 29, 1998
Abstract:
Patients suffering from inflammatory or dysimmunitary diseases may develop various clinical responses to corticotherapy. This brief article describes the various cellular and molecular mechanisms which underly the genetic, endocrine and immunitary factors involved in corticosensitivity, corticoresistance and corticodependence.