RT Journal
A1 Dobs A
T1 IS there a role for androgenic anabolic steroids in medical practice?
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1999
FD April 14
VO 281
IS 14
SP 1326
OP 1327
DO 10.1001/jama.281.14.1326
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.281.14.1326
AB 
Anabolic steroids have been used by the medical community in
rare situations. For instance, in the 1960s before recombinant human
growth hormone became available, oxandrolone was used to treat short
stature in Turner syndrome.1 Most studies of boys and girls
with short stature or delayed puberty showed growth acceleration but no
increase in final height.2- 3 Therefore, although
recombinant human growth hormone is expensive and needs to be taken as
a subcutaneous injection, it is unlikely that anabolic steroids will
replace growth hormone in treating short stature.