Fatal overdose from injection of human growth hormone; a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Human growth hormone (HGH) is a categorized as a performance-enhancing substance. HGH has been abused by athletes for doping purposes. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a first lethal case of HGH acute toxicity. A young-agitated-athlete with a history of somatropin for the past 2-year, who h...

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Autores principales: Erfanifar, Azam, Mahjani, Mahsa, Gohari, Sepehr, Hassanian-Moghaddam, Hossein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9644502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36348360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-022-01193-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9644502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36348360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-022-01193-2

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