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Serum prolactin overestimation and risk of misdiagnosis

BACKGROUND: Falsely elevated prolactin measurements risk overdiagnosis, and unnecessary imaging and treatment. DESIGN: We conducted a clinical audit of 18 patients who presented with hyperprolactinaemia, followed by a laboratory audit of 40 split samples across a range of serum prolactin (5‐5051 mIU...

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Autores principales: De Sousa, Sunita M.C., Saleem, Mohamed, Rankin, Wayne, Torpy, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6613232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31294082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/edm2.65