PURPOSE As corticosteroids appear to intervene in pathogenesis of central serous chorioretinopathy, ion transport changes within the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) might be involved. Electrophysiological responses to corticosteroid administration were recorded in vivo and in vitro. METHODS Clinical study: The standing ocular potential was recorded during intravenous (IV) infusion of glucose...

pyogenic granuloma (pg) is a well-known benign non-neoplastic overgrowth. it is a response to mild irritation and might be related to hormonal factors and certain kinds of drugs. pg preferentially affects the gingiva, but can be found extragingivally with varying clinical features. the most common treatment is surgical excision. this article describes a case of extragingival pg occurring on the...

production of several yeast products occur in presence of mixtures of monosaccharides. to study effect of xylose and glucose mixtures with system aeration and nitrogen source as the other two operative variables on xylitol production by pichia guilliermondii, the present work was defined. artificial neural network (ann) strategy was used to athematically show interplay between these three contr...

abstract cytomegalovirus (cmv) is a virus that can be consider as invasive infection after transplantation or chemotherapy, long-term corticosteroid users or in immunodeficient patients such as hiv. different complications were seen in immunocompetent patients but colitis rarely occurs. the diagnosis of cmv was based on pathology by colonoscopy, positive cmv antigen and high cmv-igm titer serum...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this article is to briefly review the literature of corticosteroid-induced ocular hypertension and glaucoma, its risk factors, the pathophysiology, and treatment options. In particular, literature pertaining to glaucoma in response to intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide will be reviewed. RECENT FINDINGS Primary open-angle glaucoma, status as a glaucoma suspec...

Background: Clinical evidence indicates the diabetes-induced impairment of osteogenesis caused by a decrease in osteoblast activity. Flavonoids can increase the differentiation and mineralization of osteoblasts in a high-glucose state. However, some flavonoids such as luteolin may have the potential to induce cytotoxicity in osteoblast-like cells. This study was performed to investigate whether...

Five preterm, very low birthweight infants with severe hypotension and adrenocortical insufficiency are described. The profound hypotension was resistant to volume expansion and inotrope treatment, but responded promptly to corticosteroid treatment. A human corticotrophin releasing hormone (hCRH) test performed before corticosteroid treatment showed adequate pituitary response, and the endocrin...

BACKGROUND Prescription corticosteroids are given for a variety of common medical conditions. Psychiatric symptoms including depression, psychosis, and especially mania are common side effects of corticosteroid therapy. However, minimal data are available on the treatment of corticosteroid-induced psychiatric symptoms. METHOD In this study, 12 outpatients with manic or mixed symptoms secondar...