References
- Hench PS, Kendall EC, Slocumb CH, et al. The effect of a hormone of the adrenal cortex (1 7-hydroxy-ll-dehydrocortico- sterone: compound E) and of pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone on rheumatoid arthritis. Proc Staff Meet Mayo Clin 1949; 24: 181–97
- Ramos-Remus C, Russell AS. Dangers of low-dose corticosteroid therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. Bull Rheum Dis 1997; 46(4): 1–4
- Cohen MD, Conn DL. Benefits of low-dose corticosteroids in rheumatoid arthritis. Bull Rheum Dis 1997; 46(4): 4–7
- Chikanza IC, Petrou P, Kingsley G, et al. Defective hypothalamic response to immune and inflammatory stimuli in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1992; 35(11): 1281–8
- Wilder RL. Hormones and autoimmunity: animal models of arthritis. Baillieres Clin Rheumatol 1996; 10(2): 259–71
References
- Schleimer RP, Freeland HS, Peters SP, et al. An assessment of the effects of glucocorticoids on degranulation, Chemotaxis, binding to vascular endothelium and formation of leukotriene B4 by purified human neutrophils. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1989; 250(2): 598–605
- Cronstein BN, Kimmel SC, Levin RI, et al. A mechanism for the antiinflammatory effects of corticosteroids: the glucocorticoid receptor regulates leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells and expression of endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1 and intercellular adhesion molecule 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1992; 89(21): 9991–5
- Cohen MD, Conn DL. Benefits of low-dose corticosteroids in rheumatoid arthritis. Bull Rheum Dis 1997; 46(4): 4–7
- Kirwan JR, for the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council Low- Dose Glucocorticoid Study Group. The effect of glucocorticoids on joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis. N Engl J Med 1995; 333(3): 142–6
- Ramos-Remus C, Russell AS. Dangers of low-dose corticosteroid therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. Bull Rheum Dis 1997; 46(4): l–4
- Smith MD, Bertouch JV, Smith AM, et al. The clinical and immunological effects of pulse methylprednisolone therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. I. Clinical effects. J Rheumatol 1988; 15(2): 229–32
- Weusten BL, Jacobs JW, Bijlsma JW. Corticosteroid pulse therapy in active rheumatoid arthritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum 1993; 23(3): 183–92
- Felson DJ, Anderson JJ. Across-study evaluation of association between steroid dose and bolus steroids and avascular necrosis of bone. Lancet 1987; 1(8538): 902–6
- Gourley MF, Austin HA 3d, Scott D, et al. Methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide, alone or in combination, in patients with lupus nephritis: a randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med 1996; 125(7): 549–57
- Axelrod L. Glucocorticoid therapy. Medicine (Baltimore) 1976; 55(l): 39–65
- Fauci AS. Alternate-day corticosteroid therapy. Am J Med 1978; 64(5): 729–31
- Hunder GG, Sheps SG, Allen GL, et al. Daily and alternate- day corticosteroid regimens in treatment of giant cell arteritis: comparison in a prospective study. Ann Intern Med 1975; 82(5): 613–8