Abuse of anabolic‐androgenic steroids and bodybuilding acne: an underestimated health problem
@article{Melnik2007AbuseOA, title={Abuse of anabolic‐androgenic steroids and bodybuilding acne: an underestimated health problem}, author={B. Melnik and T. Jansen and S. Grabbe}, journal={JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft}, year={2007}, volume={5} }
Abuse of anabolic‐androgenic steroids (AAS) by members of fitness centers and others in Germany has reached alarming dimensions. The health care system provides the illegal AAS to 48.1 % of abusers. Physicians are involved in illegal prescription of AAS and monitoring of 32.1 % of AAS abusers. Besides health‐threatening cardiovascular, hepatotoxic and psychiatric long‐term side effects of AAS, acne occurs in about 50 % of AAS abusers and is an important clinical indicator of AAS abuse… CONTINUE READING
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