Macroprolactin does not contribute to elevated levels of prolactin in patients on renal replacement therapy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 520-524

  Yavuz, Dilek ^a   Topçu, Güler ^a   Özener, Çetin ^a   Akalin, Sema ^a   Sirikçi, Önder ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; MACROPROLACTIN; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PROLACTIN; RENAL DIALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 27744573436     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02375.x     Document Type: Article

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