Testosterone Precursors: Use and Abuse in Pediatric Athletes

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 787-796

  Smurawa, Troy M ^a,b   Congeni, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE;

ACNE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGGRESSION; ALOPECIA; ATHLETE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INFERTILITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MUSCLE TRAINING; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TESTIS ATROPHY;

ANDROSTENEDIOLS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHILD; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 34548156007     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.05.002     Document Type: Review

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