CONTEXT Observations suggest that the use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) may trigger uncontrolled, violent rage. Other observations indicate that certain groups of criminals may use AAS with the intention of being capable of committing crime more efficiently. OBJECTIVE To examine the proposed association between the use of AAS and criminality. DESIGN A controlled retrospective cohort...

BACKGROUND During the past decades, concerns about increased anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use among recreational sportspeople have been raised, yet there is a paucity of AAS prevention efforts targeting this group. Accordingly, doping prevention efforts aimed at gyms have been recommended. The overall objective of the present project is to examine a prevention programme named 100% Pure Har...

Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) have become significant drugs of abuse in recent years with the highest increase reported in adolescent girls. In spite of the increased use of AAS, the CNS effects of these steroids are poorly understood. We report that in prepubertal female rats, three commonly abused AAS, 17alpha-methyltestosterone, stanozolol, and nandrolone, induced rapid and reversible m...

Aarskog-Scott syndrome (AAS) is a rare developmental disorder which primarily affects males and has a relative prevalence of 1 in 25,000 in the general population. AAS patients usually present with developmental complications including short stature and facial, skeletal and urogenital anomalies. The spectrum of genotype-phenotype correlations in AAS is unclear and mutations of the FGD1 gene on ...

OBJECTIVE Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic disease that can affect the cervical spine, especially the atlantoaxial region. The present study evaluated the risk factors for atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS) development and progression in patients who have undergone surgical treatment. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the data of 62 patients with RA and surgically treated AAS between 200...

BACKGROUND The term "acute aortic syndrome" (AAS) encompasses a spectrum of life-threatening conditions characterized by acute aortic pain. AAS traditionally embraces three abnormalities including classic aortic dissection, intramural haematoma, and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer. Although the underlying etiologies and conditions predisposing to AAS are diverse, the clinical features are ind...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate plasma amino acid (AA) concentrations in patients affected by fibromyalgia (FM) and to study the relationships between their levels and FM clinical parameters. DESIGN AND METHODS 20 AAs were assessed in 34 FM patients and in 18 healthy volunteers by means of a modified version of the Waters picotag method. RESULTS Significant lower plasma taurine, alanine, tyrosine (T...

Alkali-activated slag (AAS) is a promising cementing material for winter construction due to its continuous hydration at sub-zero temperature. In order obtain higher mechanical strength of AAS mortar in construction, the most efficient alkali activator should be selected. Potassium silicate and sodium as alkaline activators possess high rate ordinary showed different properties because cations,...