Klimek A
Neurol Neurochir Pol. 1983 Jul-Aug;17(4):459-63.
Serum testosterone level was determined by radioimmunoassay in 57 men, including 23 cases of Horton's neuralgia during the period of recurrent headaches but not during an attack of headache, in 10 cases of trigeminal neuralgia, 10 cases of radicular pain and in 14 blood donors. Only in the blood donors this level was normal, in the remaining cases it was statistically significantly decreased, especially in cases of radicular pains. The author believes that in the period of Horton's headaches the testosterone level is decreased due to recurrent attacks of pain and not due to a process involving the hypothalamus.
采用放射免疫分析法对57名男性进行了血清睾酮水平测定，其中包括23例霍顿神经痛患者（处于反复头痛期但非头痛发作期）、10例三叉神经痛患者、10例神经根性疼痛患者以及14名献血者。仅献血者的该水平正常，其余病例中该水平在统计学上显著降低，尤其是神经根性疼痛患者。作者认为，在霍顿头痛发作期，睾酮水平降低是由于反复疼痛发作，而非下丘脑相关过程所致。
