Serum Prolactin Concentration in Patients Taking Neuroleptic Drugs
| Autor: | E. H. McLaren, Anne Pollock |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Neuroleptic Drugs
endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Hyperprolactinaemia Obstetrics and Gynecology Reference range General Medicine medicine.disease Gastroenterology Bromocriptine Prolactin Internal medicine Medicine In patient Macroprolactinoma business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists medicine.drug Neuroradiology |
| Zdroj: | Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 54:245-246 |
| ISSN: | 0029-7828 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00006254-199904000-00018 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE Non-tumour causes of hyperprolactinaemia, including prolactin-elevating drugs, must be excluded. There is a general view that such drugs are unlikely to raise serum PRL above 3000 mU/l, but the literature is confusing. We report 8 patients receiving treatment with neuroleptic drugs, whose serum PRL concentrations were grossly elevated. METHODS Prolactin was measured using a 2-site immunofluorometric assay (Abbott Laboratories; reference range |
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