title: Effects of chronic alcoholism on the pituitary-gonadal function of women during menopausal transition and in the post menopausal period.
abstract: The hypothalamo-pituitary gonadal function was evaluated in eleven chronically alcoholic menopausal women by measurement of basal serum oestradiol, FSH, LH and prolactin, followed by LHRH-TRH test and administration of clomiphene citrate. All patients had hepatic damage, fibrosteatosis or cirrhosis. Two subgroups have been isolated according to urinary and serum estrogen levels: seven patients with urinary estrogen output less than 14 microgram per 24 h and plasma oestradiol less than 40 pg per ml were considered as post menopausal women: basal values of FSH and LH and their response to LHRH did not differ from that observed in normal menopausal women; clomiphene citrate induced a significant suppression of FSH and LH blood levels. Four women with urinary estrogen output greater than 14 microgram per 24 h and plasma oestradiol greater than 40 pg per ml were considered in menopausal transition. Their basal and post LHRH-FSH blood levels were lower than in the control group. These results suggest a normal hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis at least in the post menopausal alcoholic women.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002996:Clomiphene; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D004967:Estrogens / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D006062:Gonadotropins; D002996:Clomiphene; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D004958:Estradiol; D011388:Prolactin; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone