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Prolactin concentration in the serum of male patients with chronic hepatitis C.
- Source :
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Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio D: Medicina [Ann Univ Mariae Curie Sklodowska Med] 2002; Vol. 57 (2), pp. 210-6. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0066-2240
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio D: Medicina
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12898841