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serum prolactin
what is 'serum prolactin'?
Definition for Serum Prolactin
Serum Prolactin is also known as: prolactin
Serum Prolactin is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: dysfunctional uterine bleeding, erectile dysfunction and gynecomastia in the elderly.
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dysfunctional uterine bleeding
uterine bleeding not due to a physical cause
Serum Prolactin and dysfunctional uterine bleeding
erectile dysfunction
inability to achieve and maintain erection for sexual intercourse
Serum Prolactin and erectile dysfunction
gynecomastia in the elderly
breast enlargement in elderly males
Serum Prolactin and gynecomastia in the elderly
osteoporosis
decrease in bone mineral density resulting in weak bones prone to fractures
Serum Prolactin and osteoporosis
Addison's disease
adrenal gland insufficiency
Serum Prolactin and Addison's disease
female reproductive tract anomalies
abnormal female organs
Serum Prolactin and female reproductive tract anomalies
hyperandrogenism
increased virility
Serum Prolactin and hyperandrogenism
hyperprolactinemia
high blood prolactin
Serum Prolactin and hyperprolactinemia
intersex problems
discrepancy between internal and external genitals
Serum Prolactin and intersex problems
mixed gonadal dysgenesis
problems with sex differentiation
Serum Prolactin and mixed gonadal dysgenesis
multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
disease affecting multiple endocrine glands
Serum Prolactin and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
pituitary adenoma
type of brain tumor
Serum Prolactin and pituitary adenoma
polycystic ovarian syndrome
condition caused by imbalance of hormones in females
Serum Prolactin and polycystic ovarian syndrome
Rathke cleft cyst
rare cystic brain tumor
Serum Prolactin and Rathke cleft cyst
Sheehan's Syndrome
post partum pituitary necrosis
Serum Prolactin and Sheehan's Syndrome
acromegaly
excessive growth hormone production
Serum Prolactin and acromegaly
chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
chronic yeast infection
Serum Prolactin and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
craniopharyngioma
type of brain tumor
Serum Prolactin and craniopharyngioma
empty sella syndrome
empty sella turcica on imaging of pituitary gland
Serum Prolactin and empty sella syndrome
glucagonoma
type of pancreatic tumor
Serum Prolactin and glucagonoma
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Leuteinizing hormone (LH)
Serum Prolactin and Leuteinizing hormone (LH)
Serum Testosterone
Serum Prolactin and Serum Testosterone
Tonometry
Serum Prolactin and
serum estradiol
Serum Prolactin and serum estradiol
Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Serum Prolactin and Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Fasting serum glucose
Serum Prolactin and Fasting serum glucose
Serum Sex Hormone BInding Globulin (SHBG)
Serum Prolactin and Serum Sex Hormone BInding Globulin (SHBG)
Thyroid function tests
Serum Prolactin and Thyroid function tests
Complete metabolic panel
Serum Prolactin and Complete metabolic panel
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
adrenocorticotropin hormone secreted by pituitary gland
Serum Prolactin and Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
BUN
Serum Prolactin and BUN
Serum Creatinine
Serum Prolactin and Serum Creatinine
Complete Blood Count
Serum Prolactin and Complete Blood Count
Pelvic ultrasonography
Serum Prolactin and Pelvic ultrasonography
Serum Cortisol
Serum Prolactin and Serum Cortisol
Chest X-ray
Radiological technique to image the chest
Serum Prolactin and Chest X-ray
Liver Function Tests
elevated liver enzymes
Serum Prolactin and Liver Function Tests
Serum IGF 1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor-1)
Serum Prolactin and Serum IGF 1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor-1)
Serum Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS)
Serum Prolactin and Serum Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS)
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Serum Prolactin and CT scan
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hydrocortisone
Serum Prolactin and hydrocortisone
bromocriptine
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Serum Prolactin and cabergoline
dexamethasone
Serum Prolactin and dexamethasone
prednisolone
Serum Prolactin and prednisolone
conjugated estrogens(premarin)
Serum Prolactin and conjugated estrogens(premarin)
alendronate
Serum Prolactin and alendronate
risedronate
Serum Prolactin and risedronate
spironolactone
Serum Prolactin and spironolactone
ethinyl estradiol
Serum Prolactin and ethinyl estradiol
growth hormone
Serum Prolactin and growth hormone
cyproterone acetate
Serum Prolactin and cyproterone acetate
finasteride
Serum Prolactin and finasteride
flutamide
Serum Prolactin and flutamide
hormone replacement therapy
Serum Prolactin and hormone replacement therapy
prednisone
Serum Prolactin and prednisone
conjugated estrogens (premarin)
Serum Prolactin and conjugated estrogens (premarin)
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Serum Prolactin and dextrose
fludrocortisone
Serum Prolactin and fludrocortisone
methylprednisolone
Serum Prolactin and methylprednisolone
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Value of serum prolactin in the management of sync...[Emerg Med J. 2004 ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from ... Does serum prolactin indicate the presence ...
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Prolactin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The serum prolactin level usually rises following an epileptic seizure.[8] ... Serum prolactin in seizure disorders". Indian Pediatr 41 (8): 827?31. PMID 15347871. ...
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eMedicine - Hyperprolactinemia : Article by Donald Shenenberger
Hyperprolactinemia is a condition of elevated serum prolactin. ... Macroprolactinemia is the apparent increase in serum prolactin without symptoms. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic1098.htm
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Is Prolactin a Clinically Useful Measure of Epilepsy?
Most studies used a serum prolactin of at least twice baseline value as abnormal. ... Serum prolactin assay does not distinguish epileptic seizures from ...
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Prolactin
A prolactin test measures the level of the hormone prolactin, produced by the pituitary gland, in your blood. ... During pregnancy, prolactin levels increase ...
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Prolactinoma
... prolactin levels in 80 percent of patients with a serum prolactin less ... therapy may be able to return serum prolactin to the normal range after surgery. ...
http://www.endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/prolact/prolact.htm
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Prolactinoma Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Information on ...
Learn about prolactinoma, a tumor of the pituitary gland. ... therapy may be able to return serum prolactin to the normal range after surgery. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/prolactinoma/page7.htm
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eMedicine - Prolactinoma : Article by Venkatesh Babu Segu
Prolactinomas are the most common hormone-secreting pituitary tumors. ... Serum prolactin levels in untreated primary hypothyroidism. Am J Med. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic1915.htm
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Hyperprolactinemia and Erectile Dysfunction
... 6,7 However, when the serum prolactin is corrected in patients with an ... medications, once the suspect medication is stopped, the prolactin and serum T ...
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DCCPS: Cancer Control Research
... Among postmenopausal women, serum prolactin levels are positively associated ... will measure prolactin levels in the prospectively-collected serum of 375 women ...
http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/grants/abstract.asp?ApplID=6948505
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Prolactinoma -- Endocrine Resource Center -- Thyroid Disease Site
Prolactinoma -- part of the Endocrine Resource Center, featuring information on Addison's Disease, Cushing's ... to return serum prolactin to the ...
http://thyroid.about.com/library/endocrine/blprolactinoma2.htm?r=94
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WHGD Topics from the Director's Report, February, 2000
Dose-related increases in serum prolactin levels were observed after ... 13 causes elevation of serum levels of prolactin through an opioid receptor ...
http://www.nida.nih.gov/WHGD/WHGDDirRep16.html
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Hyperprolactinaemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A blood serum prolactin level of 1000?5000 mIU/L could be from either mechanism, ... with polycystic ovary syndrome may have mildly-elevated prolactin levels. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperprolactinaemia
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eMedicine - Hyperprolactinemia : Article Excerpt by Donald Shenenberger
Hyperprolactinemia is a condition of elevated serum prolactin. ... and Related Terms: elevated serum prolactin, anterior pituitary gland, breast ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/byname/hyperprolactinemia.htm
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Laboratory Investigations of Erectile Dysfunction
Find out about the variety of laboratory tests involved in diagnosing the cause of erectile dysfnction. ... Serum Prolactin Level ...
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/4/1680_50141.htm
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About - Health & Fitness - Drug Finder
... induced reductions in serum prolactin levels, ovulation and ovarian ... in amenorrheic women with normal levels of serum prolactin (possibly via the ...
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References
... K. Vonderhaar, Role of serum in prolactin responsiveness of MCF-7 human ... 29. Wang, D.Y., et al., Serum prolactin levels in women with breast cancer and ...
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type I
Provides the definition, symptoms, risk factors, complications, ... Serum glucagon. Serum gastrin. Serum calcium. Serum parathyroid hormone. Serum prolactin ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000398.htm
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Talk:Prolactin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... limit the treatment of prolactin to lactating mammals is ... M.; Press, J. & Lerner, A. Serum prolactin in coeliac disease: a marker for disease activity. ...
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Prolactin modulates the naive B cell repertoire
... prolactin itself can abrogate B cell tolerance, we analyzed anti-dsDNA serum ... Neidhart M. Elevated serum prolactin or elevated prolactin/cortisol ratios are ...
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The pituitary gland -- Endocrinology -- NCBI Bookshelf
Six months later his serum prolactin concentration was 84 mU/l, fluid within the ... because they lower serum concentrations of prolactin and shrink the tumors. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=endocrin&part=A1257
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eMedicine - Prolactin Deficiency : Article by Charles T Benson
... necrosis (Sheehan syndrome); however, prolactin deficiency can also be caused ... Serum prolactin levels that were suppressed by bromocriptine resulted in ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1914.htm
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Prolactin stimulates the proliferation of normal female cholangiocytes ...
Evaluation of prolactin serum levels, inflammation, necrosis, lobular damage and ... We suggest that changes in prolactin serum levels may be important in the ...
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About - Health & Fitness - Drug Finder
... elevations of serum prolactin; thus, it may be associated with a lower incidence ... produce acute increases in serum prolactin concentrations in rats, the ...
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Depression, prolactin and dissociated mind. [Neuro Endocrinol Lett ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and ... basal serum prolactin levels were ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17984948?ordinalpos=4&ito...
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Seizure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Value of serum prolactin in the management of syncope" ... Serum prolactin levels for differentiation of nonepileptic versus true seizures: ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_seizure
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eMedicine - Pituitary Disease and Pregnancy : Article by Bernard Corenblum
At the end of the first trimester, serum prolactin levels are approximately 20-40 ng/mL. ... Measurement of serum prolactin is not useful in detecting tumor ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3264.htm
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Functional Evaluation of Prolactin Secretion in Patients with ...
( b) an increase in serum prolactin after TRH stimulation. ... Increased serum prolactin after administration of synthetic thyrotropin ...
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CRISP - Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects ...
... DNA antibodies, increased anti-DNA serum reactivity and IgG deposition in the glomeruli. Prolactin alters B cell development and dysregulated negative ...
http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/crisp/CRISP_LIB.getdoc?textkey=6866...
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DCCPS: Cancer Control Research
Prolactin directly affects the growth of breast epithelium and has been ... Serum samples will be analyzed in the same laboratory for IGF-I, IGFBP-3, and ...
http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/grants/abstract.asp?ApplID=6742960
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Androgens
Androgen, or more specifically testosterone, is often used to treat erectile ... was extremely low, and further evaluation indicated a high serum prolactin level. ...
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/4/1680_50145.htm
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Prolactinoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... prolactin levels in 80% of patients with a serum prolactin less ... therapy may be able to return serum prolactin to the normal range after surgery. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolactinoma
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Luteal 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and 20alpha-hydroxysteroid ...
Serum concentrations of progesterone and prolactin, and luteal 3betaHSD and ... dopaminergic agonist CB154 on serum prolactin and progesterone concentrations, ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=419377
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Ovarian insufficiency and early pregnancy loss induced by activation of ...
Thus, serum levels of prolactin were actually modestly elevated from those of ... Prolactin injections raised serum progesterone concentrations above those seen ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=437968
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Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures - Wikipedia
User-created article on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogenic_non-epileptic_seizures
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Chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)--pharmacology and...[Phytomedicine ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE ... Serum prolactin levels were indeed ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12809367?dopt=Abstract
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eMedicine - Pituitary Tumors : Article by Jorge Kattah
Pierre Marie, a French neurologist (Salpetriere Hospital, Paris) was the first ... Serum prolactin levels should be measured in any patient with a suspected sellar ...
http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic312.htm
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Metabolic clearance and production rates of prolactin in man.
... in serum triiodothyronine on TSH and prolactin responses ... Serum prolactin levels in untreated primary hypothyroidism. Am J Med. 1978 May;64(5):782?787. ...
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Regulation of Mammary and Adipose Tissue Lipoprotein Lipase and Blood ...
... that of prolactin fivefold, but had no effect on serum concentrations of either ... Y, Chen CL, Meites J. Serum prolactin levels in rats during different ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=372415
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Altered expression of prolactin receptor-associate...[Mod Pathol. 2008 ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and ... Increased serum prolactin is ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18246042?ordinalpos=4&ito...
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The Physiological Role of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone in the ...
Increased serum prolactin after administration of synthetic thyrotropin ... KH, Voogt JL, Meites J. Serum prolactin levels in rats with pituitary ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=372555
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The ontogenesis of human fetal hormones. III. Prolactin.
Elevated serum prolactin levels after pituitary-stalk section in man. N Engl J Med. ... Serum levels of prolactin in sheep as measured by radioimmunoassay. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=436566
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Pituitary tumor
... (excess prolactin) ... suppression test - serum cortisol levels measured ... Serum prolactin levels. Testosterone/estradiol levels. Luteinizing ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infectiousdiseases/Pituit...
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Submission to CERHER
In the Jarry et al paper they point out the fact that serum prolactin was not measured ... about the effect of styrene on serum prolactin levels in humans. ...
http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/styrene/pubcomm/SIRCCER...
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ChemIDPlus/HSDB 1912-24-9 Toxicity - National Toxicology Program
Serum prolactin was measured on PND 3 using a serial sampling technique and ... A significant rise in serum prolactin release was noted in all control females ...
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Effect of domperidone on milk production in mothers of premature ...
Serum prolactin levels were measured before the start of the study, on day 5 and ... At baseline the mean serum prolactin levels were similar in the domperidone and ...
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Mastitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... 55% of cases with transient or persistent elevation of serum prolactin levels. ... Because prolactin is also a stress hormone transient elevations of serum levels ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastitis
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Prolactin - Yahoo! Health
During pregnancy, prolactin levels increase by 10 to 20 times. ... Pregnant women have high levels of prolactin, which helps make breast milk. ...
http://health.yahoo.com/hormone-diagnosis/prolactin/healthwise--hw47630.html
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Short-term prolactin administration causes expressible galactorrhea but ...
... Vis H, Robyn C. Serum levels of prolactin and milk production in women ... Effect of suckling on serum prolactin, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1950489
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eMedicine - Pituitary Macroadenomas : Article by James R Mulinda
The sellar region is a site of various types of tumors. Pituitary ... Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) causes elevation of serum prolactin and thyrotropin. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/fulltopic/topic1379.htm
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