Growth hormone and the adolescent athlete: What are the data for its safety and efficacy as an ergogenic agent?

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 294-299

  Rogol, Alan D ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Athletics; Doping; Doping detection; Growth hormone; IGF I

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; ANABOLIC AGENT; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; COLLAGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; OSTEOCALCIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE METABOLISM; BONE REMODELING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHILD GROWTH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DOPING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEGAL ASPECT; NOONAN SYNDROME; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCREENING TEST; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; THERMOREGULATION; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ATHLETES; COLLAGEN; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPORTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 67651211696     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: 15322238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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