A case report and review of hyperprolactinemia that is not prolactinoma

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 652-655

  Salehi, Fateme ^a   Doglietto, Francesca ^a   Ridout, Rowena ^a   Gentili, Fred ^a   Asa, Sylvia ^b   Zadeh, Gelareh ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; CASE REPORT; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPHS; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 80053319287     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S031716710001221X     Document Type: Review

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