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Macroprolactinemia in a young man and review of the literature [PDF]

HORMONES, 2003
A 21-year old man, complaining of headaches and fatigue, with a negative past medical history and a normal clinical examination, underwent a hormonal investigation which revealed hyper-prolactinemia and intact pituitary-gonadal axis. Drug-induced hyperprolactinemia was excluded. Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging indicated a microadenoma in the right
Evangeline Vassilatou, Panayiotis Schinochoritis, Stamatina Marioli, Ioanna Tzavara   +3 more
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PCOS and Hyperprolactinemia: Conflicting Conditions or Comorbidities? [PDF]

International Journal of Biomedicine, 2021
Currently, hyperprolactinemia is considered as a condition to be excluded during the diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), because it often demonstrates clinical signs similar to PCOS.
Alina V. Atalyan, Eldar M. Sharifulin, Lyudmila M. Lazareva, Yana G. Nadelyaeva, Larisa V. Suturina   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

[Combination of macro-TSH and macroprolactinemia phenomena in a patient with autoimmune thyroiditis and vitiligo]. [PDF]

Probl Endokrinol (Mosk)
Sazonova DV, Perepelova MA, Shutova AS, Nikankina LV, Kolesnikova GS, Pigarova EA, Dzeranova LK.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Assessment of macroprolactinemia by polyethylene glycol precipitation method

Endocrinology Insights, 2014
AbstractBackgroundMacroprolactin is a molecule that results from association between monomeric prolactin (PRL) and immunoglobulin G (IgG). It has longer half-life and is considered biologically inactive, although it retains immunoreactivity, being detected in most available immunoassays.ObjectiveTo evaluate polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation ...
Ana Maia Silva, Paula Martins da Costa, Ana Paula Franco Pacheco, José Carlos Oliveira, Cláudia Freitas   +4 more
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Prolactin in headache and migraine: A systematic review of preclinical studies

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, Volume 63, Issue 5, Page 577-584, May 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective To systemically review preclinical studies investigating the implication of prolactin signaling in headache and migraine pathophysiology. Background The features of migraine attacks, including characteristics, duration, frequency, and prevalence, are sex‐dependent with variability across a lifetime, indicating the involvement of the ...
Mohammad Al‐Mahdi Al‐Karagholi, Veberka Kalatharan, Hashmat Ghanizada, Gregory Dussor, Messoud Ashina   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Is macroprolactinemia just a diagnostic pitfall? [PDF]

Endocrine, 2012
As hyperprolactinemia is involved in the impairment of the gonadotropic axis, serum prolactin (PRL) assessment is often required in the clinical scenario of menstrual disturbances, infertility, loss of libido, galactorrhea, osteoporosis, and bone fractures [1–3].
Marcello D. Bronstein
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Macroprolactinemia: new insights in hyperprolactinemia [PDF]

Biochemia Medica, 2012
Hypersecretion of prolactin by lactotroph cells of the anterior pituitary may lead to hyperprolactinemia in physiological, pathological and idiopathic conditions. Most patients with idiopathic hyperprolactinemia may have radiologically undetected microprolactinomas, but some may present other causes of hyperprolactinemia described as macroprolactinemia.
Vlatka Tomic, Vesna Gall, Slavko Orešković, Goran Adzic, Ivana Zec, Davor Jezek, Miro Kasum   +6 more
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Association of Cadmium, Chromium, Manganese and Lead with Hyperprolactinemia: A Pilot Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Introduction: Hyperprolactinemia is one of the most common hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunctions where serum prolactin levels increase beyond normal range. Studies have suggested association of heavy metals with prolactin levels.
Amanpreet Kaur Kalsi, Ashutosh Halder, Manish Jain, Amita Srivastava   +3 more
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PROLACTIN AND HYPERPROLACTINAEMIA IN FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY – AN UPDATE [PDF]

, 2021
Hyperprolactinaemia is one of the most frequent causes of anovulation, resulting in infertility and hypoestrogenic  state with consequences on overall women’s health.
Kutlešić, Ranko M., Milošević Stevanović, Jelena, Mostić Stanišić, Danka, Popović, Jasmina, Stefanović, Milan, Vukomanović, Predrag   +5 more
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Cardiometabolic risk factors in young women with macroprolactinaemia [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction: The predominance of high-molecular-weight forms of prolactin in plasma is referred to as macroprolactinaemia. Unlike monomeric hyperprolactinaemia, no previous study has investigated cardiometabolic risk factors in subjects with elevated ...
Krysiak, Robert, Marek, Bogdan, Okopień, Bogusław   +2 more
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