TY  - JOUR
T1  - IS there a role for androgenic anabolic steroids in medical practice?
AU  - Dobs A
Y1  - 1999/04/14
N1  - 10.1001/jama.281.14.1326
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1326
EP  - 1327
VL  - 281
IS  - 14
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.281.14.1326
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.281.14.1326
ER  -