The effect of a period of intensive exercise on the isoform test to detect growth hormone doping in sports

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 105-108

  Voss, S C ^a   Giraud, S ^b   Alsayrafi, M ^a   Bourdon, P C ^c   Schumacher, Y O ^d,e   Saugy, M ^b   Robinson, N ^b  

^a Anti Doping Lab Qatar ^*  (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^c ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Doping; Exercise; HGH; Isoforms; Sport

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLING; DOPING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDITY;

ADULT; DOPING IN SPORTS; EXERCISE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878643724     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: 15322238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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