Hormonal changes in haemodialysed and in kidney-transplanted XXXX .

@entity1 @entity268 @entity175 @entity1369 @entity6685 @entity2690 @entity3528 @entity1378 @entity3938 @entity8243 @entity701 @entity461
A total of 48 haemodialysed @entity1 were studied by radioimmunoassay for the serum concentrations of @entity6685 , @entity175 , @entity8243 , @entity2690 , prolactin, @entity3938 , T4, @entity3938 , TSH and @entity701 . Residual urines were measured for @entity268 and ultrafiltrates for iPTH and @entity8243 . The duration of the dialysis programme, the number of haemodialysis sessions per week, sex distribution, the dialysis alternatives (including haemofiltration, haemoperfusion) and successful kidney transplantations were correlated with the serum hormone levels. Significant increases in @entity461 , @entity8243 and prolactin values were demonstrated in the dialysed @entity1 . However, their @entity175 and @entity2690 concentrations decreased, parallel with the time elapsed since the start of the haemodialysis programme (HDP). The number of dialysis sessions per week was found to affect the hormone concentrations diversely. In the course of haemofiltration and haemoperfusion some of the hormone levels (e.g. @entity461 , @entity8243 ) decreased significantly. The @entity1 were in general euthyroid. One of them, on HDP for several years, developed clinical and laboratory signs indicative of @entity1378 . In a considerable proportion of the cases the results of the hormone studies (increased @entity461 , CT, @entity268 ) were consistent with @entity3528 . Kidney transplantation was followed by a decline of the serum prolactin, @entity6685 , @entity175 and @entity1369 levels.
