In search of the source of hyperprolactinaemia in systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1060-

  Langan, E A ^a,b   Griffiths, C E M ^a   Paus, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PROLACTIN;

EID: 84857571095     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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