Frequency of macroprolactinemia due to autoantibodies against prolactin in pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 924-929

  Pascoe Lira, Dalila ^a   Duran Reyes, Genoveva ^b   Contreras Hernández, Iris ^a   Manuel Apolinar, Leticia ^a   Blanco Favela, Francisco ^a   Leaños Miranda, Alfredo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MACROGOL; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN A; PROTEIN G;

ADULT; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MACROPROLACTINEMIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW;

EID: 0035094975     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.2.7183     Document Type: Review

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