Human Anatomy
Human Anatomy
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780135168059
Author: Marieb, Elaine Nicpon, Brady, Patricia, Mallatt, Jon
Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.,
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The nonsteroid hormone that is misused by the competitive athletes in order to improve their performance and the effects of this hormone.

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Hormones regulate a number of processes that are ongoing inside the human body. The human body in normal conditions secretes a general amount of hormones that have no special effects on the body. In order to enhance the effect of an organ or system, level of a particular hormone stimulating that system must be increased synthetically.

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