annotated bibliography

Annotated Bibliography : Anabolic Steroid and Muscular Atrophy

Thesis : Anabolic steroid has a curative effect on patients with muscle atrophy

Atabek , Mehmet Emre , Ozgur Pirgon and Ekrem Unal "Pituitary-Adrenal Suppression Due to

al Steroid Administration in an Infant " Pediatrics International 49 (2007 : 242-

244

In this article , the authors presented the result of a case study involving an infant who gained excessive weight and underwent changes in appearance due to the use of al steroids . The authors ' hypothesis is that using strong al steroids on children has an adverse effect

br Based on the result of the study , the authors found out that use of al steroid with higher strength on children can result to Cushing syndrome , an endocrine dis , skin atrophy and adrenal suppression

The source was published in April 2007 , which still make it usable . The researchers are from the Department of Pediatrics in Turkey 's Selcuk University . Being faculty members of a school for medicine makes the study reliable . In relation to the hypothesis , this study refers to atrophy but not on the muscles . Instead , it refers to the atrophy of the skin as a result of using al steroids . Also , the method of application is al and not systemic . In this regard , this study is not useful for the research on anabolic steroids

Basaria , Shehzad , Wahlstrom , Justin T . and Adrian S . Dobs "Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Diseases " The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism 86 (2001 : 5108-5117 In this study , the authors review the efficacy...