AN ENDOCRINOLOGIC STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY-CUTIS-VERTICIS GYRATA

An endocrinological study of 15 psychiatric patients with primary cuti s verticis gyrata (CVG) and 7 control patients was carried out. The in vestigation of the pituitary-gonadal axis, pituitary-adrenal axis, pit uitary-thyroid axis, prolactin and human growth hormone (basal values and circadian biorhythms) did not show any significant difference betw een the CVG and the control patients. Only levels of free testosterone were significantly lower in patients with CVG than in the control gro up (p < 0.05), probably reflecting an increased peripheral use of test osterone.