title: Elevated basal growth hormone levels and growth hormone response to TRH in alcoholic patients with cirrhosis.
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 microgram) 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
chemical_list: D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013006:Growth Hormone