Concomitant occurrence of macroprolactin, exercise-induced amenorrhea, and a pituitary lesion: A diagnostic pitfall. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 334-337

  Cattaneo, Fabio A ^a   Fahie Wilson, Michael N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Apparent hyperprolactinemia; Big big prolactin; Macroprolactin; Pituitary surgery

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MACROPROLACTIN; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS; MICROADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0034866837     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2001.95.2.0334     Document Type: Article

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