CIRCADIAN PATTERNS OF PLASMA-CORTISOL, 17-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE, AND TESTOSTERONE IN CONGENITAL ADRENAL-HYPERPLASIA
CIRCADIAN PATTERNS OF PLASMA-CORTISOL, 17-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE, AND TESTOSTERONE IN CONGENITAL ADRENAL-HYPERPLASIA
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DOI:
10.1136/adc.56.3.208
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
SWOBODA, W
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作者:
FRISCH, H;PARTH, K;SWOBODA, W
In 11 children aged between 2 and 17 yr with (nonsalt-losing) congenital adrenal hyperplasia (21-hydroxylase deficiency) blood was drawn at 90-minute intervals during a 24-h period and levels of 17-hydroxyprogesterone, testosterone and cortisol were measured. Levels of 17-ketosteroids and pregnanetriol were measured in 24-h urine samples. These measurements were taken under different regimens of treatment and after interruption of treatment. Cortisol levels rose and fell rapidly after administered corticosteroid, and reached unphysiologically high levels. Testosterone levels showed pronounced variations but stayed in the normal range for most of the time even in untreated patients; thus testosterone provides a poor control parameter. Levels of 17-hydroxyprogesterone showed extreme fluctuations and very high peak levels in untreated patients; standard treatment with 2 or 3 daily doses of corticosteroids [prednisone, hydrocortisone] did not prevent a pronounced rise in its level after midnight. After the 1st morning dose of hydrocortisone a very steep fall was observed. The 24-h pregnanetriol excretion correlated well with the corresponding total integrated 17-hydroxyprogesterone area. Single 17-hydroxyprogesterone values are unlikely to give adequate information about the quality of treatment.