‘‘CORRELATION OF SERUM PROLACTIN LEVELS WITH CHILD PUGH SCORING IN CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER TO ASSESS THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE’’

Abstract

Cirrhosis of the liver is associated with various disturbances of the endocrine system. Prolactin secretion follows a pulsatile pattern with characterisitic nocturnal rise. In patient with cirrhosis , associated with elevated 24 hours prolactin level and loss of circadian rhythm.