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Corticosteroids reduce antibody formation, and have an anti-inflammatory effect. The main use of these drugs in neurology is to suppress disease processes. Although corticosteroids are widely used in many different neurological disorders, their value is sometimes uncertain. The main indications are set out in Table 11.1.
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Parkes, J.D., Jenner, P., Rushton, D.N., Marsden, C.D. (1987). Drugs in Neuroendocrinology. In: Neurological Disorders. Treatment in Clinical Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3140-3_11
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