Amenorrhoea in newly spinal cord injured women: an effect of hyperprolactinaemia?
| Autor: | Fridén B, Karlsson Ak, Rutberg L |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases media_common.quotation_subject Injury Severity Score medicine Humans Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Amenorrhea Spinal cord injury Menstrual Cycle Spinal Cord Injuries Menstrual cycle Aged media_common Sweden Gynecology business.industry Hyperprolactinaemia General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Confidence interval Prolactin Surgery Hyperprolactinemia Menopause Neurology Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
| Zdroj: | Spinal Cord. 46:189-191 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5624 1362-4393 |
| Popis: | Prospective, single centre study. Previous studies have suggested a relationship between stress reaction and elevated levels of prolactine. The aim of the present study was to investigate if there was a relationship between s-prolactine and menstrual cycle status following spinal cord injury (SCI). Spinal Cord Injury Unit, Goteborg, Sweden. S-prolactine and menstrual cycle status were investigated in 16 consecutive women with SCI, treated at the SCI Unit, Sahlgrens University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden. Level of injury ranged from C1 to L5, ASIA A–D. Mean age at injury was 45 years (range 20–79). S-Prolactine showed a mean value of 741 mIU/l (standard deviation (s.d.): 625; 95% confidence interval (CI): 435–1788 mIU/l, reference value |
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