Drug Insight: testosterone and selective androgen receptor modulators as anabolic therapies for chronic illness and aging

Testosterone use as anabolic therapy is controversial. Here, meta-analyses show that testosterone increases skeletal muscle mass and strength in androgen-deficient young men, older men and men with chronic illness; these data provide a compelling rationale for the development of selective androgen r...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature clinical practice. Endocrinology & metabolism 2006-03, Vol.2 (3), p.146-159
Hauptverfasser: Bhasin, Shalender, Calof, Olga M, Storer, Thomas W, Lee, Martin L, Mazer, Norman A, Jasuja, Ravi, Montori, Victor M, Gao, Wenqing, Dalton, James T
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