Glucocorticoids and Mood: Clinical Manifestations, Risk Factors and Molecular Mechanisms, Volume 1179ISBN: 978-1-57331-748-1
Paperback
352 pages
November 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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This volume explores the effects of glucocorticoids on mood and the
mechanisms mediating these effects, including aspects of the
clinical effects of glucocorticoids in a variety of illnesses and
in health, including molecular mechanisms, glucocorticoid
resistance and sensitivity, glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms,
and implications for therapy. In light of the important clinical
implications for treatment of a wide range of diseases with
glucocorticoids and the potential serious side effects of
depression and suicidality, it is timely that this subject be
re-visited due to new research. The topics addressed include a
survey of clinical features of glucocorticoid treatment and
molecular and genetic factors in glucocorticoid resistance and
sensitivity and are of relevance to many medical specialties in
which glucocorticoid therapy is widely used, including
rheumatology, orthopedics, pain management, allergy/immunology and
asthma.
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