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Steroid hormones that promote the anabolic metabolism, i.e. the conversion of nutrients into the body's own substances. Anabolic steroids are used in competitive sports as muscle building products.
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In dermatology only danazol is used in the therapy of angioedema.
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Liver damage, virilization in women, occurrence of doping acne.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Melnik B et al (2007) Abuse of anabolic-androgenic steroids and bodybuilding acne: an underestimated health problem. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 5: 110-117
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer