Prolactin and Growth Hormone Responses to Hypoglycemia in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Psoriatic Arthritis

:  This study compared prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH) responses to hypoglycemia in premenopausal females with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with those in matched healthy controls. No differences were found in glucose and GH responses to hypoglycemia in both groups o...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2006-06, Vol.1069 (1), p.145-148
Main Authors: ROVENSKY, JOZEF, RAFFAYOVA, HELENA, IMRICH, RICHARD, RADIKOVA, ZOFIA, PENESOVA, ADELA, MACHO, LADISLAV, LUKAC, JOZEF, MATUCCI-CERINIC, MARCO, VIGAS, MILAN
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Language:English
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Adult
Arthritis, Psoriatic - complications
Arthritis, Psoriatic - drug therapy
Arthritis, Psoriatic - metabolism
Blood Glucose - metabolism
Female
growth hormone
Growth Hormone - blood
Growth Hormone - therapeutic use
Humans
hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia - complications
Hypoglycemia - drug therapy
Hypoglycemia - metabolism
prolactin
Prolactin - blood
Prolactin - therapeutic use
psoriatic arthritis
Scleroderma, Systemic - complications
Scleroderma, Systemic - drug therapy
Scleroderma, Systemic - metabolism
systemic sclerosis
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Summary::  This study compared prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH) responses to hypoglycemia in premenopausal females with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with those in matched healthy controls. No differences were found in glucose and GH responses to hypoglycemia in both groups of patients compared to controls. SSc patients had lower PRL response (P < 0.05) to hypoglycemia compared to controls. PRL response tended to be lower also in PsA patients, however the difference did not reach level of statistical significance (P= 0.11). The present study showed decreased PRL response to hypoglycemia in premenopausal females with SSc.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1196/annals.1351.012