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LACK OF EFFECT OF PROLACTIN SUPPRESSION ON PLASMA DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULPHATE
Author(s) -
METCALF M. G.,
ESPINER E. A.,
DONALD R. A.
Publication year - 1979
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.1365-2265.1979.tb02112.x
Subject(s) - endocrinology , medicine , prolactin , dehydroepiandrosterone , dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate , androgen , hormone
SUMMARY In twelve patients with hyperprolactinaemia, treatment which reduced plasma prolactin from a mean of 531 μg/1 (range 68–3500 μg/1) to 8.3 μg/1 (0–27 μg/1), caused no significant change in plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHA‐SO 4 ).Pre‐treatment levels of DHA‐SO 4 were within the normal range in eleven out of twelve cases. The results do not support for claims that prolactin excess is associated with an increase in circulating DHA‐SO 4 .