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

      Yasinska, Valentyna; Gómez, Cristina; Kolmert, Johan; Ericsson, Magnus; Pohanka, Anton; James, Anna; Andersson, Lars I.; Sparreman-Mikus, Maria; Sousa, Ana R.; Riley, John H.; Bates, Stewart; Bakke, Per S.; Kermani, Nazanin Zounemat; Caruso, Massimo; Chanez, Pascal; Fowler, Stephen J.; Geiser, Thomas; Howarth, Peter H.; Horváth, Ildikó; Krug, Norbert; Montuschi, Paolo; Sanak, Marek; Behndig, Annelie; Shaw, Dominick E.; Knowles, Richard G.; Dahlén, Barbro; van der Zee, Anke-Hilse Maitland; Sterk, Peter J.; Djukanovic, Ratko; Adcock, Ian M.; Chung, Kian Fan; Wheelock, Craig E.; Dahlén, Sven-Erik; Jonsson, Eva Wikström (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      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) ...