Acquired prolactin deficiency indicates severe hypopituitarism in patients with disease of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 743-748

  Mukherjee, Annice ^a   Murray, Robert D ^a   Columb, Breeda ^a   Gleeson, Helena K ^a   Shalet, Stephen M ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUSHING DISEASE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN DEFICIENCY; PROLACTINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0345171011     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01916.x     Document Type: Article

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