title: Prolactin concentration in the serum of male patients with chronic hepatitis C.
abstract: In this work we analysed the dynamics of prolactin serum concentration in male patients with chronic hepatitis C. A group of 52 men were included in the study, 26 of them constituted the control group. The diagnosis of the disease was confirmed by the presence of HCV-RNA in the serum and by the histological examination of the liver. None of the examined men was diagnosed with any co-existing disease nor any infection markers of HAV and HBV were found. The prolactin concentration was determined in the serum of patients twice: on the 2nd day of hospitalisation and after 4 weeks of hospitalisation by the use of radioimmunological method (RIA) applying a prepared set of reagents RIA-PROL-CTK-4 (Sorin Biomedica, Italy). The results were statistically analysed. An analysis of the dynamics of prolactin serum concentration in male patients with chronic hepatitis C shows a statistically important increase in this hormone serum concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiciak
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fota-Markowska
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Borowicz
authors.forename: Roma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Modrzewska
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Przybyła
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D011388:Prolactin