Comparison of urinary prolactin and serum/urine prolactin ratio in hyperprolactinemic and macroprolactinemic patients [PDF]
BMC Endocrine DisordersBackground Biologically, the monomeric form of prolactin is the most active. In measurement methods, all forms of prolactin are included in the assay; therefore, the presence of macroprolactin, causes a false increase in prolactin and misdiagnosis of ...
Behnam Ein-Mozaffari +8 more
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Macroprolactinemia: a New Cause of Hyperprolactinemia
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2003 Hyperprolactinemia is not only seen in pregnancy but also in several pathological conditions such as prolactin (PRL) secreting pituitary adenoma (prolactinoma), intracranial tumors compressing the pituitary stalk or hypothalamus, and PRL stimulative ...
Naoki Hattori
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Dubai Diabetes and Endocrinology Journal, 2021 Objectives: Macroprolactin (macroPRL) excess is an important cause of hyperprolactinemia. Several prolactin assays have high reactivity to macroPRL. However, macroPRL screening is not routinely performed in many labs.
Abdulla Al Nuaimi +4 more
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The importance of routine screening for macroprolactin in symptomatic patients with idiopathic hyperprolactinemia [PDF]
Anais da Faculdade de Medicina de Olinda, 2018 Objective: To evaluate the importance of screening for macroprolactin in symptomatic patients with apparent idiopathic hyperprolactinemia. Methods: During 20 months, the prevalence of macroprolactinemia was evaluated among consecutive symptomatic female
Lucio Vilar +11 more
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Mild hyperprolactinemia in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Insights from a large cross-sectional study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical & Translational EndocrinologyBackground: Hyperprolactinemia is an exclusion criterion for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), albeit PCOS itself is argued to induce mild hyperprolactinemia.
Manuel Luque-Ramírez +6 more
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Persistent idiopathic prolactin elevation merits macroprolactin estimation: A case report and review of literature [PDF]
Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences, 2021 The prevalence of hyperprolactinemia ranges from about 0.4% in an unselected adult population to as high as 9%–17% in women with reproductive disorders. It may cause infertility in about 11% of the oligospermic males.
Krishnaprabha Gautam +5 more
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A macroprolactinemia--da determinação laboratorial ao seu significado clínico.
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2011 Since prolactin (PRL) (a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary) was first identificated, the existence of hyperprolactinemic syndrome has been recognized.
Catarina Matos +2 more
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Macroprolactinemia e hiperprolactinemia intermediária: manifestações clínicas e achados radiológicos Macroprolactinemia and intermediate hyperprolactinemia: clinical manifestations and image [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2012 OBJETIVOS: Caracterizar as pacientes com valores indeterminados de hiperprolactinemia (teste de PEG para identificação de macroprolactinemias com recuperação entre 30 e 65%) (PRLi) ou macroprolactinemia (PRLm), quanto às características clínicas, como ...
Ana Carolina Japur de Sá Rosa-e-Silva +5 more
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A case report of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and autoimmune disease: Coincidence or correlation? [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2021 Rationale:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a familial syndrome that results from the disruption of a tumor suppressor protein called MENIN.
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Clinical characterization of patients with macroprolactinemia and monomeric hyperprolactinemia
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2011 Macroprolactinemia is often a cause of misdiagnosis, unnecessary expensive investigation, and unsuitable treatment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical findings and the concentrations of macroprolactin in patients with ...
Murat Can +4 more
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