Markianos M, Moussas G, Lykouras L L
Athens University Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Greece.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 1987 Sep;20(1):81-5. doi: 10.1016/0376-8716(87)90078-0.
Testosterone (T), prolactin (PRL), and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels were estimated in plasma of 32 male chronic alcoholics during a period of their usual alcohol consumption and compared to the values of 32 age-matched controls. T levels were not different from normals, while both PRL and LH were significantly elevated. The subgroup of patients with severe liver injury (n = 11) showed elevated PRL (2P less than 0.001), but normal LH and T, while patients with normal hepatic function (n = 21) showed normal PRL levels, elevated LH, and a tendency to elevated T levels.