Hypophyseoadrenal and hypophyseogonadal systems in subjects with a history of acute radiation sickness after Chernobyl power plant acciudent (Summing up a six-year follow up)

Peripheral blood basal concenbtrations of hydrocortisone, corticotropin, testosterone, luteinzing, follicle-stimulating, and lactotropic hormones were radioimmunoassayed in convalescents afteracute radiation sickness in 1987, 1988-1989, and 1991-1992. The functions of two regulatory systems, hypophesoadrenal and hypophyseogonadal, reciprocally related, are characterized. A possible origin postradiation changes in these systems and their relationship with destructive and adaptation compensation processes are discussed