Citation

Emanuele N, Emanuele MA. Alcohol Health Res. World 1997; 21(1): 53-64.

Affiliation

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Loyola University Medical School, Maywood, Illinois, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, U.S. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15706763

Abstract

Alcohol's effects on the hormonal (i.e., endocrine) system have widespread consequences for virtually the entire body. Alcohol-related hormonal disturbances can result in cardiovascular abnormalities and reproductive deficits in both males and females. Other endocrine problems stemming from excess alcohol consumption include immune dysfunction and bone disease. Researchers are exploring ways of using hormonal mechanisms to help treat alcoholics as well as to identify people predisposed to alcoholism.

Language: en