Elevated Basal Growth Hormone Levels and Growth Hormone Response to TRH in Alcoholic Patients with Cirrhosis
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Vol. 45 (3), 576-578
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-45-3-576
Abstract
Basal plasma growth hormone (GH) and GH responses after the administration of thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) were studied in 9 male alcoholic patients with cirrhosis. Basal GH was significantly higher in cirrhotic patients than in normal men. Intravenous injection of synthetic TRH (400 εg) caused a significant increase in plasma GH in 7 out of the 9 cirrhotic patients examined, while it did not increase GH levels in normal subjects.Keywords
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