Unilateral Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome and Bilateral Endolymphatic Hydrops by Massimo Ralli, Giuseppe Nola, Luca Sparvoli, Giovanni Ralli

“…Intratympanic treatment with steroids is a safe and well-tolerated procedure that has demonstrated its efficacy in hearing, tinnitus, and vertigo control in EH.…”
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Keefektivan Ekstrak Daun Sirih Hutan Sebagai Pengendali Serangan Hama Penggerek Buah Kopi (Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari) di Lapangan by John Agus Sahputra Pardosi, Arif Ravi Wibowo, Ebenezer Muaratama Sibarani

“…One such botanical pesticide is derived from the Piper aduncum L. plant, which contains various compounds including dilapiol, piperamidin alkaloid, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, polyphenols, tannins, and terpenoids. This study aimed to test the effectiveness of botanical pesticides from P. aduncum L. in controlling CBB. …”
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Multifocal Multisystem Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Involving Pituitary Masquerading as Crohn’s Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mohd. Ashraf Ganie, Bhanu Malhotra, Manpreet Saini, Arshiya Dutta, Atul Sharma, Kim Vaiphie, Pinaki Dutta

“…Hence, he was diagnosed with LCH and showed resolution of symptoms on initiating steroids and vinblastine. Discussion. Gastrointestinal involvement by LCH is unusual and only rarely has represented a prominent clinical manifestation. …”
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Side effects and hypersensitivity reactions to corticosteroids by M.Z. Lisiecka

“…Administering cortico­steroids in COVID-19 treatment necessitates caution due to the potential for life-threatening immediate hypersensitivity reactions, which may be mistaken for disease progression. …”
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Radiologically Guided Renal Artery Embolization with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug as a Rescue Therapy for Refractory Nephrotic Syndrome in AL-Amyloidosis by I. Spozio Züst, H. R. Räz, F. Burkhalter

“…Therapy with high dose steroids, loop diuretics, and ACE-inhibitors did not affect his proteinuria and he was seriously disabled because of symptomatic orthostatic hypotension and anasarca. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines in Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation—Knee Osteoarthritis by Working Group on Setting up Standardization Guidelines of Knee Osteoarthritis in Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation, Shangquan WANG, Liguo ZHU, Jiawen ZHAN, Ming CHEN, Guodong ZHAO, An YAN, Deyou CHANG, Linghui LI

“…The treatment is divided into fire parts: basic treatment, traditional Chinese medicine and physiotherapy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs treatment, intra-articular injection therapy and surgical treatment. …”
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Rituximab for Autoimmune Encephalitis with Epilepsy by Mohankumar Kurukumbi, Rahul H. Dave, Jose Castillo, Tulsi Shah, Joanne Lau

“…Although there is no officially approved therapy for these disorders, typical approaches involve chronic high-dose steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), or plasma exchange. …”
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Alcohol and cancer: the role of cytochrome P-4502E1 by Helmut K. Seitz, Bernardo Moreira, Manuela Neuman

“…CYP2E1 is one of 57 cytochrome P450 enzymes that are responsible for over 90% of the redox reactions of chemicals, including drugs, vitamins, steroids, chemical carcinogens, and industrial compounds. …”
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Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.: A vegetable with diverse pharmacological properties by Mahia Khandaker, Saleha Akter, Mohammad Zafar Imam

“…Different types of bioactive compounds have been identified and isolated from T. dioica including peptides namely trichosanthin and lectin; a number of triterpenes like cucurbitacin B, euphol, α-amyrin, β-amyrin, lupeol, taraxerol, betulin, and karounidiol; sterols, steroidal saponin, tannin, flavonoids etc. T. dioica contains a number of well-known bioactive phytochemicals and the plant has shown an array of pharmacological activities in vivo. …”
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Abdominal Cocoon Syndrome: Two Cases of an Anatomical Abnormality by Apostolos Sovatzidis, Eirini Nikolaidou, Anastasios Katsourakis, Iosif Chatzis, George Noussios

“…Although conservative management with immunosuppressants and steroids has been described, surgical treatment is the gold standard. …”
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Effect of Topical Mometasone Furoate Cream (0.01 % w/w) on Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar and Blood Calcium Level by Chetan Javsen, Avanti Ghadage

“…Conclusion: The application of Mometasone Furoate to skin lesions does not result in significant absorption into the bloodstream at measurable levels and absorb concentration of corticosteroids in the blood increases in proportion to the extent of the area treated with topical steroids. Mometasone Furoate did not cause any changes in either systolic or diastolic blood pressure, blood sugar or calcium levels after seven days. …”
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A Severe Case of Overlap of Morphea and Eosinophilic Fasciitis after Burn Injuries by Hania Sami, Faria Sami, Shahzad Ahmed Sami, Abdulqadir J. Nashwan

“…The patient had only limited improvement with steroids, methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil, and intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injections. …”
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Hypoglycaemic, anti-hyperlipidemic, and anti-inflammatory activities of Asparagus africanus (Asparaceae) extract on high-fat diet/streptozotocin-induced diabetes in Wistar rats by Focham Evans Ngwenah, Oumar Mahamat, Tume Christopher

“…EAA showed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, saponins, terpenes, and steroids. Conclusions: The findings of this study demonstrated that EAA is safe. …”
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Recent Pathophysiological Aspects of Peyronie’s Disease: Role of Free Radicals, Rationale, and Therapeutic Implications for Antioxidant Treatment—Literature Review by Gianni Paulis, Gennaro Romano, Luca Paulis, Davide Barletta

“…While conservative therapies commonly used in the early stages of PD include oral substances (Potaba, tamoxifen, colchicine, and vitamin E), intralesional treatment (verapamil, interferon, steroids, and more recently collagenase clostridium histolyticum-Xiaflex), and local physical treatment (iontophoresis, extracorporeal shock wave therapy, and penile extender), the significant results obtained by emerging treatments with the antioxidants cited in this article suggest these therapeutic agents interfere at several levels with the disease’s pathogenetic mechanisms. …”
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Pancreatic Tuberculosis or Autoimmune Pancreatitis by Ayesha Salahuddin, Muhammad Wasif Saif

“…He was started on antituberculosis medications and steroids. Clinically, he responded to treatment. Follow-up imaging showed findings suggestive of chronic pancreatitis. …”
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Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Leading to Adrenal Decompensation and Hyperandrogenemia in a Pediatric Patient with Salt-Wasting Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia by Meghan E. Fredette, Lisa Swartz Topor

“…A 12-year-old girl with SW-CAH reported 3 recent episodes of vomiting without diarrhea, and accompanying tachycardia, responsive to stress dose steroids. In the previous 9 months, she unintentionally lost 2.6 kg. …”
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Crescentic Glomerulonephritis and Membranous Nephropathy: A Rare Overlap by Mohamedanwar Ghandour, Heba Osman, Samer Alkassis, Alix Charles, Kristina Zalewski, Jarrett Weinberger, Yahya Malik-Osman, Zeenat Y. Bhat

“…The patient was started on intermittent hemodialysis (HD) and treated initially with intravenous (IV) pulse steroids; subsequently, oral prednisolone and IV cyclophosphamide were initiated. …”
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Methanolic Root Extract of Rauwolfia serpentina Benth Improves the Glycemic, Antiatherogenic, and Cardioprotective Indices in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Mice by Muhammad Bilal Azmi, Shamim A. Qureshi

“…Qualitatively MREt showed the presence of alkaloids, carbohydrates, flavonoids, glycosides, cardiac glycosides, phlobatannins, resins, saponins, steroids, tannins, and triterpenoids, while quantitatively extract was rich in total phenols. …”
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Exploring the link between gut health, diet, and food allergy by Magdalena Klimczak, Barbara Rymarczyk, Radosław Gawlik

“…Changes in the gut microbiota, whether due to dietary habits, fiber consumption, the hygiene hypothesis, proton pump inhibitors, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotic use, supplementation and other factors, can potentially influence the immune response leading to the development and severity of food allergy. …”
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Overlap of IgG4-Related disease with autoimmune rheumatic diseases: Report of 2 cases and review of literature by Shivraj Padiyar, Abhilasha Manwatkar, Arvind Ganapati, Sanjeet Roy, John Mathew

“…Both patients were treated with high-dose steroids and mycophenolate mofetil with good response, however, the second patient needed to be additionally treated with rituximab for better control of arthritis. …”
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