Variation of female prolactin levels with menopausal status and phase of menstrual cycle

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-324

  Tanner, Melissa J ^a,b   Hadlow, Narelle C ^a,b   Wardrop, Robert ^a  

^a PathWest QEII ^*  (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

hyperprolactinaemia; prolactin; reference interval; variation

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051903319     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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