The responses of plasma adrenocorticotropin and cortisol to corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and cerebrospinal fluid immunoreactive CRH in anorexia nervosa patients.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
; 62(2): 319-24, 1986 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Pituitary-adrenocortical responses to the iv injection of 100 micrograms synthetic ovine corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) were studied in 13 patients with anorexia nervosa, and the concentrations of immunoreactive CRH in cerebrospinal fluid were measured in 7 of them. Mean basal levels of plasma ACTH and cortisol were 32 +/- 5 pg/ml (+/- SEM) and 21.1 +/- 1.5 micrograms/dl, respectively. The latter value was significantly higher than that in age-matched normal women (P less than 0.005). The mean increments of plasma ACTH and cortisol in response to CRH injection in those 13 patients were 21 +/- 5 pg/ml and 5.3 +/- 1.7 micrograms/dl, respectively, significantly lower than those in normal women (58 +/- 6 pg/ml and 15.3 +/- 7.7 micrograms/dl, respectively; P less than 0.005). When 4 patients were reexamined after weight gains of between 3 and 22 kg, their responses to the CRH injection increased. The mean concentration of immunoreactive CRH in the cerebrospinal fluid of seven patients was 30.8 +/- 3.9 pg/ml (+/- SEM), which was higher than the value of 18.4 +/- 1.1 pg/ml (P less than 0.005) in control subjects with cervical spondylosis. These findings suggest the possibility that hypersecretion of CRH may occur in patients with anorexia nervosa.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Hormona Liberadora de Corticotropina
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Hidrocortisona
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Anorexia Nerviosa
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Hormona Adrenocorticotrópica
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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J Clin Endocrinol Metab
Año:
1986
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