Ethanol decreases nocturnal plasma levels of thyrotropin and growth hormone but not those of thyroid hormones or prolactin in man

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2627-2632

  Ekman, Ann Charlotte ^a   Vakkuri, Olli ^a   Ekman, Mika ^a   Leppäluoto, Juhani ^a   Ruokonen, Aimo ^b   Knip, Mikael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PROLACTIN; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0029899882     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.7.2627     Document Type: Article

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