Pituitary imaging is indicated for the evaluation of hyperprolactinemia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 181-185

  Bayrak, Aykut ^a   Saadat, Peyman ^a   Mor, Eliran ^a   Chong, Lisa ^a   Paulson, Richard J ^a   Sokol, Rebecca Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperprolactinemia; Hypothyroidism; Infertility; MRI; Pituitary tumor; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 22244445879     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.01.102     Document Type: Article

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