Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate has not been substantiated as an anabolic hormone

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1470-

  Dhatariya, Ketan ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID HORMONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

BODY COMPOSITION; CIRCULATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; BODY MASS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANABOLIC AGENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 47549114437     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.13.1470-b     Document Type: Letter

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