Echocardiographic findings in power athletes abusing anabolic androgenic steroids

Asian Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-14

  Hajimoradi, Behzad ^a   Kazerani, Hashem ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Androgenic Anabolic Agent; Body Builder; Echocardiography; Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876510810     PISSN: 2008000X     EISSN: 20087209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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