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Testosterone supplementation acts as a highly potent anabolic agent to skeletal muscle.
Practitioners should consider testosterone's role in muscle anabolism when advising on supplementation.
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Testosterone supplementation acts via numerous mechanisms as a highly potent anabolic agent to skeletal muscle.
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Anabolic Processes in Human Skeletal Muscle: Restoring the Identities of Growth Hormone and Testosterone
Daniel W. D. West et al. · The Physician and Sportsmedicine · 2010
DOI 10.3810/psm.2010.10.1814
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