Noth R H, Walter R M
Med Clin North Am. 1984 Jan;68(1):133-46. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)31246-9.
Male hypogonadism is the best documented endocrine effect of chronic alcoholism. A reversible clinical syndrome resembling Cushing's syndrome has also recently been described in some chronic alcoholics. The pituitary-thyroid axis is relatively resistant to the effects of ethanol, although mild abnormalities in various thyroid tests are frequently noted in the presence of alcoholic liver disease.