Corticotrophin after corticosteroids in children with asthma and growth retardation

Br J Dis Chest. 1975 Jul:69:188-94. doi: 10.1016/0007-0971(75)90078-9.

Abstract

A study of the growth patterns of 19 children with chronic asthma, whose growth had become retarded while they were receiving regular treatment with prednisolone, showed that this trend was reversed after the substitution of corticotrophin.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / administration & dosage
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / adverse effects
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / therapeutic use*
  • Asthma / complications*
  • Asthma / drug therapy
  • Beclomethasone / therapeutic use
  • Body Height / drug effects
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Growth / drug effects
  • Growth Disorders / chemically induced*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Prednisolone / adverse effects*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
  • Prednisolone
  • Beclomethasone