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Prednisolone

Weight gain: 2 case reports

Published in: Reactions Weekly | Issue 1/2017

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In an open observational study, two patients [sex not stated] were described who developed weight gain during treatment with prednisolone [duration of treatment to reactions onsets and outcome not stated]. A 3-year-old child and a 13-year-old adolescent received prednisolone dose of 2 mg/kg for alopecia areata. Further planned for tapering dose below 6 mg/m2/day within nine weeks. However, in the first six weeks of treatment with prednisolone, both the patients experienced weight gain. …

Jahn-Bassler K, et al. Sequential high- and low-dose systemic corticosteroid therapy for severe childhood alopecia areata. Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft 15: 42-47, No. 1, Jan 2017. Available from: URL: http://doi.org/10.1111/ddg.12875 - Austria

Title: Prednisolone
Weight gain: 2 case reports
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Reactions Weekly / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0114-9954
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2051
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40278-017-28329-x

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