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Prolactin and Growth Hormone Responses to Hypoglycemia in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Author(s) -
ROVENSKY JOZEF,
RAFFAYOVA HELENA,
IMRICH RICHARD,
RADIKOVA ZOFIA,
PENESOVA ADELA,
MACHO LADISLAV,
LUKAC JOZEF,
MATUCCICERINIC MARCO,
VIGAS MILAN
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1351.012
Subject(s) - prolactin , hypoglycemia , medicine , endocrinology , psoriatic arthritis , hormone , growth hormone , multiple sclerosis , arthritis , insulin , immunology
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.