Insulin-like growth factor 1 and dehydroepiandrosterone levels in alcoholic liver cirrhosis.
Werner DammermannBenedikt SeckingerDavid FüllerStefan LüthFlorian HentschelPublished in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2022)
Anabolic hormones in liver cirrhosis are suspected to be lower than in healthy individuals. In a group of 22 cirrhosis patients, we found lower levels of insulin-like growth factor 1, but-surprisingly-higher levels of dehydroepiandrosterone.