EFFECT OF SOMATOSTATIN ON ABNORMAL GROWTH-HORMONE AND PROLACTIN SECRETION IN PATIENTS WITH THE CARCINOID-SYNDROME

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作者
GOMEZPAN, A
SCANLON, MF
THORNER, MO
REES, LH
SCHALLY, AV
HALL, R
BESSER, GM
机构
[1] ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRM,DEPT MED,ENDOCRINE UNIT,NEWCASTLE TYNE NE1 4LP,TYNE & WEAR,ENGLAND
[2] ST BARTHOLOMEWS HOSP,DEPT ENDOCRINOL,LONDON EC1A 7BE,ENGLAND
[3] ST BARTHOLOMEWS HOSP,DEPT CHEM PATHOL,LONDON EC1A 7BE,ENGLAND
[4] TULANE UNIV,NEW ORLEANS,LA 70118
[5] VET ADM HOSP,NEW ORLEANS,LA 70140
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D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2265.1979.tb02117.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Growth hormone (GH) secretion has been studied in two patients with the carcinoid syndrome during glucose loading and growth hormone‐release inhibiting hormone (GHRIH, somatostatin) infusion. Both patients had elevated fasting GH levels which were not suppressed by glucose; GH levels fell rapidly during GHRIH infusion. One patient also had hyperprolactinaemia with galactorrhoea and the prolactin (PRL) levels were unaltered by GHRIH. The association between carcinoid tumours and abnormalities of GH and PRL secretion is discussed. Copyright © 1979, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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