Topical corticosteroids and secondary adrenal insufficiency: a relationship in the shade

Endocrinol Nutr. 2013 Nov;60(9):e19-20. doi: 10.1016/j.endonu.2013.04.003. Epub 2013 Sep 26.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Rosa Márquez Pardo¹, Miriam Pérez Pelayo, Alicia Aragoneses Calvo, Sergio Gallego Rodriguez, María Blanca Martínez Barbeito

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Madrid, España. Electronic address: rosa_marquez_pardo@hotmail.com.

PMID: 24076040
DOI: 10.1016/j.endonu.2013.04.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Administration, Topical
Adrenal Insufficiency / chemically induced*
Aged
Betamethasone / administration & dosage
Betamethasone / adverse effects
Betamethasone / analogs & derivatives*
Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
Glucocorticoids / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / etiology*

Substances

Glucocorticoids
betamethasone-17,21-dipropionate
Betamethasone