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Review
. 1984 Jan;68(1):133-46.
doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)31246-9.

The effects of alcohol on the endocrine system

R H Noth, R M Walter Jr
Review

The effects of alcohol on the endocrine system

R H Noth et al. Med Clin North Am. 1984 Jan.

Abstract

Male hypogonadism is the best documented endocrine effect of chronic alcoholism. A reversible clinical syndrome resembling Cushing's syndrome has also recently been described in some chronic alcoholics. The pituitary-thyroid axis is relatively resistant to the effects of ethanol, although mild abnormalities in various thyroid tests are frequently noted in the presence of alcoholic liver disease.

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