Low levels of endogenous anabolic androgenic steroids in females with severe asthma taking corticosteroids

Rationale Patients with severe asthma are dependent upon treatment with high doses of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and often also oral corticosteroids (OCS). The extent of endogenous androgenic anabolic steroid (EAAS) suppression in asthma has not previously been described in detail. The objective...

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Main Authors: Valentyna Yasinska, Cristina Gómez, Johan Kolmert, Magnus Ericsson, Anton Pohanka, Anna James, Lars I. Andersson, Maria Sparreman-Mikus, Ana R. Sousa, John H. Riley, Stewart Bates, Per S. Bakke, Nazanin Zounemat Kermani, Massimo Caruso, Pascal Chanez, Stephen J. Fowler, Thomas Geiser, Peter H. Howarth, Ildikó Horváth, Norbert Krug, Paolo Montuschi, Marek Sanak, Annelie Behndig, Dominick E. Shaw, Richard G. Knowles, Barbro Dahlén, Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee, Peter J. Sterk, Ratko Djukanovic, Ian M. Adcock, Kian Fan Chung, Craig E. Wheelock, Sven-Erik Dahlén, Eva Wikström Jonsson, H. Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2023-10-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/9/5/00269-2023.full