Doping: a challenge to the endocrinologist. A reappraisal in view of the Olympic Games of 2004

Leonidas H Duntas, Constantinos Parisis

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The aim of this review is to provide an update on drug abuse by athletes, their mode of action and the technical difficulties of detection. The most common doping agents are the anabolic steroids (AS), testosterone derivatives modified to take advantage of the anabolic rather than the androgenic properties of the hormone…