Hyperprolactinaemia due to macroprolactins: Some progress but still a problem

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-685

  Fahie Wilson, Michael N ^a   Ahlquist, James A ^a  

^a SOUTHEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MACROGOL; MACROPROLACTIN; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE;

HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROLACTIN;

EID: 0037793335     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01787.x     Document Type: Note

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