Commentary: Androgens and "anabolic steroids": The one-headed janus

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1752-1754

  Handelsman, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASTRATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; STEROIDS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79955381987     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-1501     Document Type: Note

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