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Record Nr.

UNINA9910688216003321

Titolo

Corticosteroids : a paradigmatic drug class / / Celso Pereira, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IntechOpen, , 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 pages)

Disciplina

615.364

Soggetti

Adrenocortical hormones

Therapeutics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Corticosteroids have a broad spectrum of mechanisms making them useful for treating a variety of pathological entities. They are crucial drugs in clinical control in a plethora of patients, despite recent advances resulting from the availability of new molecules with great selectivity for different receptors, cells, or biological mediators. This book includes high-quality scientific reviews of corticosteroids and their numerous uses.