PITUITARY - ADRENAL FUNCTIONING IN MALE ALCOHOLICS

Serum adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and Cortisol were assayed in 38 males alcoholics and 24 male control subjects using radioimmunoassay (RIA) techniques. Biochemical parameters of hepatic function, depressive symptoms and severity of withdrawal were also assessed. Thirteen percent and eleven...

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Autores principales: Sengupta, S.N., Roy, R., Shetty, K. Taranath, Desai, Nimesh G.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776108
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author Sengupta, S.N.
Roy, R.
Shetty, K. Taranath
Desai, Nimesh G.
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description Serum adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and Cortisol were assayed in 38 males alcoholics and 24 male control subjects using radioimmunoassay (RIA) techniques. Biochemical parameters of hepatic function, depressive symptoms and severity of withdrawal were also assessed. Thirteen percent and eleven percent of the patients and elevated serum ACTH and Cortisol levels respectively. Evidence of advance liver disease was scant and significant symptoms of depression was observed in only 14% of the patients. By and large withdrawal symptoms were mild. Two patients have clinical features suggestive ofpseudo Cushing's syndrome without hypercortisolaemia.
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spelling pubmed-29810422011-07-20 PITUITARY - ADRENAL FUNCTIONING IN MALE ALCOHOLICS Sengupta, S.N. Roy, R. Shetty, K. Taranath Desai, Nimesh G. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article Serum adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and Cortisol were assayed in 38 males alcoholics and 24 male control subjects using radioimmunoassay (RIA) techniques. Biochemical parameters of hepatic function, depressive symptoms and severity of withdrawal were also assessed. Thirteen percent and eleven percent of the patients and elevated serum ACTH and Cortisol levels respectively. Evidence of advance liver disease was scant and significant symptoms of depression was observed in only 14% of the patients. By and large withdrawal symptoms were mild. Two patients have clinical features suggestive ofpseudo Cushing's syndrome without hypercortisolaemia. Medknow Publications 1992 /pmc/articles/PMC2981042/ /pubmed/21776108 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sengupta, S.N.
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PITUITARY - ADRENAL FUNCTIONING IN MALE ALCOHOLICS
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title_short PITUITARY - ADRENAL FUNCTIONING IN MALE ALCOHOLICS
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776108
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