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NORMAL PROLACTIN RESPONSE FOLLOWING THYROTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE IN PATIENTS WITH AUTONOMOUSLY FUNCTIONING EUTHYROID MULTINODULAR GOITRE
Author(s) -
ELTE J. W. F.,
WIARDA K. S.,
FROLICH M.,
HAAK A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1978.tb03581.x
Subject(s) - euthyroid , medicine , endocrinology , prolactin , multinodular goitre , hormone , thyroid , thyrotropin releasing hormone , thyroidectomy
SUMMARY Twelve female patients (mean age 60 years, range 41–74) with euthyroid multinodular goitre and a flat TRH test (median A TSH 0.9 IU/ml, range 0–3.5) had normal prolactin responses to TRH (median A prolactin 48 ng/ml, range 6–115). The results are comparable with those in euthyroid patients receiving full substitution doses of thyroid hormone without increasing T3 and/or T4 levels beyond the normal range.