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Menstrual pattern and ovarian function in women with hyperprolactinemia
Author(s) -
Bahamondes Luis,
Faúndes Anibal,
Tambascia Marcos,
Trevisan Miriam,
Dachs J. Norberto,
Pinotti JoséA.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(85)90007-4
Subject(s) - galactorrhea , medicine , amenorrhea , prolactin , infertility , gynecology , luteal phase , menstrual cycle , obstetrics , unexplained infertility , obstetrics and gynaecology , hormone , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Prolactine (PRL) and progesterone were systematically measured in all women presenting with amenorrhea, oligomenorrhea or galactorrhea at the Infertility Clinic of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of Campinas, Brazil, during a period of 34 months. The same hormonal assays were done to all infertile patients presenting for the first time during the last 6 months of the same period, for a total of 190 subjects. Fifty‐five patients with amenorrhea, 38 with oligomenorrhea and 97 with normal cycles, 20 of whom had galactorrhea, were included in the study. Fifty‐five percent of amenorrheic patients, 37% of oligomenorrheic and 9% of those with normal menses had elevated PRL. The mean PRL was higher the greater the menstrual disturbance but was not influenced by presence or absence of galactorrhea. Short luteal phase was the ovarian function condition most frequently associated with high PRL among women with normal menses.