Implications of not treating hyperprolactinemia

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 1111-1115

  Sanfilippo, Joseph S ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Dopamine agonists; Hyperprolactinemia; Macroadenoma; Microadenoma; Osteopenia

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CABERGOLINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROLACTIN;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033451947     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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