Echocardiography in fraternal twin bodybuilders with one abusing anabolic steroids

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-51

  Dickermana, Rob D ^a   Mc Conathy, Walter J ^b   Schaller, Frederick ^b   Zachariah, N Y ^a  

^a Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY BUILDING; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRAINING; TWINS;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; DISEASES IN TWINS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; SOMATOTYPES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031060324     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177309     Document Type: Article

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