Hyperprolactinemia with normal serum prolactin: Its clinical significance

Amenorrhea and infertility with an added feature of galactorrhea makes a provisional diagnosis of hyperprolactinemia. But again, normal serum prolactin with all clinical features of hyperprolactinemia might question the diagnosis and further management. The answer lies in the heterogeneity of the pe...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Manika, Das, Ananya, Singh, Santa A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2970787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209758
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-1208.69334
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Sumario:Amenorrhea and infertility with an added feature of galactorrhea makes a provisional diagnosis of hyperprolactinemia. But again, normal serum prolactin with all clinical features of hyperprolactinemia might question the diagnosis and further management. The answer lies in the heterogeneity of the peptide hormone - the immunoactive and the bioactive forms. This has been further illustrated with the help of a case which had been treated with cabergoline.

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