Excessively high prolactin level in a patient with a nonprolactin- secreting adenoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1043-1046

  Albuquerque, Felipe C ^a   Hinton, David R ^a   Weiss, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromocriptine; Prolactin; Stalk section effect

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROLACTIN;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031723810     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.6.1043     Document Type: Article

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