Anabolic-androgenic steroids abuse-induced seizures: A case report in a young male bodybuilder

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¹ Department of Critical Care, Intensive Care Medicine Consultant. Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the "GKT School of Medical Education, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King's College London". Electronic address: sancho.villar@nhs.net.
² Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Gomez-Ulla Hospital, Madrid, Spain; Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Endocrinology, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Endocrinology, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King's College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King's College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation, London, United Kingdom.

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Sancho Rodriguez-Villar et al. Seizure. 2022 Mar.

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. 2022 Mar:96:22-24.

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2022.01.010. Epub 2022 Jan 15.

¹ Department of Critical Care, Intensive Care Medicine Consultant. Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the "GKT School of Medical Education, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King's College London". Electronic address: sancho.villar@nhs.net.
² Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Gomez-Ulla Hospital, Madrid, Spain; Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Endocrinology, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Endocrinology, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King's College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King's College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation, London, United Kingdom.

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Keywords: Anabolic-androgenic steroids; Bodybuilder; Neurological androgenic effects; Oestradiol; Seizures.