Persistent increase of PRL after oral contraceptive treatment. Alterations in dopaminergic regulation as possible etiology

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Alvarez Tutor, Eugenio ^a   Forga Llenas, Luis ^a   Rodriguez Erdozain, Rosa ^a   Goñi Iriarte, Maria Jose ^a   Menendez Torre, Edelmiro ^a   Alvarez Tutor, Jorge ^a  

^a NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ciproterone acetate (CA); Etinil estradiol (EE); Metodopramide (MTCP); Prolactin (PRL); Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH); Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH)

Indexed keywords

CIPROTERONE ACETATE; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0033375034     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040050261     Document Type: Article

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