Cholestasis secondary to anabolic steroid use in young men

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7843, 2012, Pages

  Elsharkawy, Ahmed M ^a   McPherson, Stuart ^a,b   Masson, Steven ^a,b   Burt, Alastair D ^b   Dawson, Robert T ^c   Hudson, Mark ^a,b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Kinson Road Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMLODIPINE; BILIRUBIN; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; COLESTYRAMINE; METANDIENONE; NALTREXONE; RIFAMPICIN; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANABOLIC AGENTS; BODY IMAGE; CHOLESTASIS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; METHANDROSTENOLONE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 84859003015     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e468     Document Type: Article

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