The Effects of Alternate-Day Corticosteroids in Autoimmune Disease Patients

Introduction. Several studiesdemonstrated that the use of alternate-day corticosteroid therapy maintains control of autoimmune diseases due to the prolongation of their therapeutic effect beyond their metabolic effect, with a significant decrease in side effects in patients. For this reason, the cur...

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Main Authors: Genny Margarita Chaia-Semerena, María Eugenia Vargas-Camaño, Cesar Daniel Alonso-Bello, Jorge Javier Guillén-Toledo, Ricardo Leopoldo Guido-Bayardo, Fernando Lozano-Patiño, Mariano Daniel Temix-Delfín, María Isabel Castrejón-Vázquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Autoimmune Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8719284