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. 1983 Jul;18(7):123-6, 131-4.
doi: 10.1080/21548331.1983.11702591.

Glucocorticosteroids I: anti-inflammatory mechanisms

H N Claman

Glucocorticosteroids I: anti-inflammatory mechanisms

H N Claman. Hosp Pract (Off Ed). 1983 Jul.

Abstract

Although progress in understanding how steroids work has accelerated in the past few years, several important factors have eluded definitive analysis. Broadly, the mechanisms affect leukocyte traffic and function: Glucocorticoids inhibit the availability of leukocytes to the inflammatory site, interfere with their function at the site, and thus suppress the normal inflammatory response.

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