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SUBMITTER: Hoeflich A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481359 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hoeflich Andreas A Fitzner Brit B Walz Christina C Hecker Michael M Tuchscherer Armin A Bastian Manuela M Brenmoehl Julia J Schröder Ina I Willenberg Holger S HS Reincke Martin M Zettl Uwe Klaus UK
Frontiers in endocrinology 20200827
In patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), intrathecal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (TCA) has been shown to improve symptoms of spasticity. Although repeated intrathecal injection of TCA has been used in a number of studies in late-stage MS patients with spinal cord involvement, no clinical-chemical data are available on the distribution of TCA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or serum. Moreover, the effects of intrathecal TCA administration on the concentrations of endogenous stero ...[more]