Open AccessSecretion of 17-ketosteroids in patients with chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, Botkin's disease
Author(s) -
I. G. Danilyak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj83074
Subject(s) - cirrhosis , hepatitis , alcoholic liver disease , medicine , liver disease , secretion , adrenal cortex , hormone , aldosterone , chronic hepatitis , endocrinology , gastroenterology , immunology , virus
The main place of exchange of steroid hormones of the adrenal cortex is the liver (Booth, Comfort, Power, Mazon). Thus, the conversion of 17-corticosteroids to 17-ketosteroids occurs in the liver (Axelrod and Miller).