title: [Corticosteroid therapy of various systemic diseases (non-neoplastic, noninfectious)].
abstract: The authors evoke how the corticosteroids work (as antiinflammatory and immunosuppressive agents) and how to prescribe them, orally, intravenously, in association with an antimitotic drug. They insist on the suspended and non curative effects of corticotherapy, its side effects and the additive effect of the antimitotic drugs. They suggest different therapeutic programs against rheumatoid arthritis, Still's disease, lupus, dermatomyositis, Behçet's disease, Horton's disease and polymyalgia rheumatica.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Cliniques Universitaires Erasme.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sternon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Decaux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nève
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000188:drug therapy; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
vernacular_title: A propos de la corticothérapie de certaines maladies de système (non néoplasiques, non infectieuses).