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Growth hormone levels in psoriasis

✍ Scribed by G. C. Priestley; D. J. Gawkrodger; J. Seth; S. M. Going; J. A. A. Hunter

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1984
Tongue
English
Weight
316 KB
Volume
276
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-3696

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✦ Synopsis

Plasma growth-hormone levels in 12 fasting psoriatics were 4.4 +/- 1.4 mU/l (mean +/- SEM), compared to 2.7 +/- 1.7 in 5 patients with eczema and 1.2 +/- 0.3 in 6 normal subjects. The differences in mean values were not statistically significant and were due to exceptionally high levels of growth hormone in five patients with psoriasis and one patient with eczema. In the psoriatic group the exceptional patients were not distinguished by age or the area of involved skin but they tended to be leaner than those with low plasma-growth hormone levels. We conclude that raised plasma growth hormone cannot be the cause of psoriasis but might be a secondary effect of the skin disease in some patients.

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Letters to the Editor ## Growth Hormone Levels in Psoriasis Comments on the Contribution by R. M. MacKie et al. MacKie et al. (Arch Dermatol Res 1983, 275: 207) on the growth hormone level in psoriasis needs comment: ## The paper by 1. A significant elevation of HGH levels can hardly be expect