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J L Del Arbol

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PubMed1981

[Glucagonoma].

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Adenoma, Islet Cell↗
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Plasma beta-endorphin levels in chronic alcoholics.

In order to test the possible relationship between the chronic consumption of alcohol and the opioid system, we have measured the plasma levels of beta-endorphin in a group of 31 alcoholic patients and compared the results with those of a control group of 16 subjects. Our results show that chronic consumption of alcohol induces a significant decrease in beta-endorphin (beta-end) plasma levels regardless of either the disease suffered by the alcoholic patient or of the time of abstinence studied (one month maximum). Thus we believe that the beta-end decrease may well be due to the patients' alcoholism and that it might be mediated by the tetrahydroisoquinoline system, or be a cause of alcoholism rather than a consequence.

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