Persistence of macroprolactinemia due to antiprolactin autoantibody before, during, and after pregnancy in a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2619-2624

  Leaños Miranda, Alfredo ^a   Pascoe Lira, Dalila ^a   Chavez Rueda, Karina A ^a   Blanco Favela, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROLACTIN;

EID: 0034967096     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.6.2619     Document Type: Article

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