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Macroprolactinemia and Empty Sella Syndrome

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
Macroprolactinemia is a polymeric form of prolactin-release, causing mildly symptomatic clinical pictures. The former can be isolated or associated with other causes of hyperprolactinemia. The association with an empty sella syndrome is rare. We report a
Ach Taieb, Kacem Njah Maha, Yosra Hasni El Abed, Amel Maaroufi Beizig, Molka Chaieb Chadli, Koussay Ach   +5 more
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Postmenopausal Hook Effect

Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2018
Introduction: Prolactinoma is the most common functional pituitary adenoma. The degree of serum prolactin (PRL) is correlated with the size of adenoma and the PRL level is usually >250 ng/dL in macroprolactinomas.
Rumeysa Çolak, Burcu Çoban, Muhammet Özer, Başak Özgen Saydam, Erdener Özer, Nuri Karabay, A. Serkan Yener   +6 more
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Patients with macroprolactinaemia : clinical and radiological features

, 2007
Background: Macroprolactinaemia may represent a relevant cause of misdiagnosis, unnecessary investigation and inappropriate treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and neuroradiological characteristics of patients with and ...
A. Spada, F. Donadio, G. Mantovani, R. Angioni, P. Beck-Peccoz, A.G. Lania, A. Barbieri   +6 more
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Serum prolactin and macroprolactin levels among outpatients with major depressive disorder following the administration of selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors: a cross-sectional pilot study.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Clinical trials evaluating the rate of short-term selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)-induced hyperprolactinemia have produced conflicting results.
Sollip Kim, Young-Min Park
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Prolactin and Macroprolactin in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) [PDF]

, 2005
Existem fortes evidências sobre a influência dos hormônios sexuais na imunidade e na apresentação de doenças auto-imunes, entre elas o lúpus eritematoso sistêmico (LES).
Tiskievicz, Fabiane, Mallmann, Elaine Sangalli, Xavier, Ricardo Machado, Brenol, João Carlos Tavares   +3 more
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Macroprolactin - rational use of screening test in diagnostic of hyperprolactinaemia [PDF]

, 2018
Određivanje koncentracije prolaktina u serumu ima najveći klinički značaj u diferencijalnoj dijagnostici hiperprolaktinemije. Budući da je fiziologija djelovanja i regulacije lučenja prolaktina u krvi vrlo složena, postoje različiti čimbenici koji utječu
Šostarić, Milica
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Association of Serum Prolactin Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with and without Diabetic Nephropathy

Journal of Diabetology
Introduction: Diabetic nephropathy (DN), a common microvascular complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), contributes significantly to chronic kidney disease and is associated with increased morbidity. Prolactin (PRL), a hormone classically linked
Krishnan Kirubhakar, Subhash Chandra, Prabhat Kumar Agrawal, Ashwini Kumar Nigam, Suryakamal Verma, Pavan Gautam, Nimish Gupta, Sandipta Kumar Panda, Saurabh Tripathi, Priyanka Joshi   +9 more
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Clinical relevance of macroprolactin

, 2005
The anterior pituitary hormone PRL was identified in animal species as early as 1933 1 but only purified in humans in 1972. 11 Pathological hyperprolactinaemia results from a lactotroph adenoma, conditions that increase TRH, such as hypothyroidism ...
Thomas P Smith, T Joseph Mckenna, James Gibney   +2 more
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Macroprolactinemia among hyperprolactinemia patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia [PDF]

, 2015
Background: HyperPRL is the most common hypothalamic-pituitary disorder encountered in clinical endocrinology. Macroprolactinemia is a known benign cause of hyperPRL.
Che Soh @ Yusof, Noor Azlin Azraini
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Prolactin's diverse physiological roles and the clinical significance of hyperprolactinemia

Ginekologia Polska
OBJECTIVES: This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of prolactin biology, encompassing its molecular heterogeneity, neuroendocrine regulation, and multifaceted roles in human health and disease, focusing on hyperprolactinemia.
Katarzyna Bocianska, Hubert Bochynski, Maksymilian Markwitz, Krzysztof Katulski   +3 more
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