Clinical and radiological findings in macroprolactinemia

Endocrine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 327-333

  Isik, Serhat ^a,b   Berker, Dilek ^a   Tutuncu, Yasemin Ates ^a   Ozuguz, Ufuk ^a   Gokay, Ferhat ^a   Erden, Gonul ^a   Ozcan, Hatice Nursun ^a   Kucukler, Ferit Kerim ^a   Aydin, Yusuf ^c   Guler, Serdar ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Ayvali Mah Dilem Sk   (Turkey)

^c DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hyperprolactinemia; Macroprolactin; Pituitary adenoma; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; PROLACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; GYNECOMASTIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INFERTILITY; MACROPROLACTINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 84862701607     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-011-9576-9     Document Type: Article

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