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Left ventricular hypertrophy and spontaneous rupture of the Achilles tendon after anabolic steroids in bodybuilder

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    Stefano Giannotti, Marco Ghilardi, Giacomo Dell’Osso, Giulia Bugelli & Giulio Guido

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Giannotti, S., Ghilardi, M., Dell’Osso, G. et al. Left ventricular hypertrophy and spontaneous rupture of the Achilles tendon after anabolic steroids in bodybuilder. Eur Orthop Traumatol 5, 363–365 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12570-013-0242-y

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