namf
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Hi guys,
Quick q b4 hitting the sack. Read in Boards & Wards about somebody with liver dz who had increased peripheral conversion of androstenedione into estrogen. So your liver is failing and you increase your estrogen? Any phsio all-stars available to explain this pathophys..or did I mess some part of the q up!!??
Thank you very much!
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| Renegade
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It's probably true, since hair changes, gynaecomastia and telangiectasis (in liver failure) are all blamed on estrogens.
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| mash
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in liver ds(cirrhosis) estrogen and androstenediones cant be metabolized and there is peripheral conversion of androstenediones to estrogen in fat(aromatase activity) and hence increased estrogens...
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