Incidence of hepatic dysfunction is equivalent in burn patients receiving oxandrolone and controls

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 412-420

  McCullough, Mona C ^a,b,d   Namias, Nicholas ^a,b   Schulman, Carl ^a,c   Gomez, Ellie ^a,c   Manning, Ron ^a,c   Goldberg, Seth ^a,c   Pizano, Louis ^a,c   Ward, Gillon C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UM/JM Burn Center   (United States)

^c Burn Surgery   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXANDROLONE;

BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGENS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY COMPOSITION; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXANDROLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248358674     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0B013E318053D257     Document Type: Review

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