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BASAL SERUM PROLACTIN VALUES AND RESPONSES TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THYROTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE (TRH) IN WOMEN WITH AMENORRHOEA
Author(s) -
Glass M. R.,
Williams J. W.,
Butt W. R.,
Edwards R. Logan,
London D. R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00872.x
Subject(s) - prolactin , basal (medicine) , medicine , endocrinology , hormone , thyrotropin releasing hormone , amenorrhea , biology , pregnancy , insulin , genetics
Summary Basal prolactin concentrations were measured in 77 patients presenting with amenorrhoea; 17 per cent were found to have hyperprolactinaemia. The release of prolactin in response to a standard dose of thyrotrophin releasing hormone for amenorrhoeic subjects with normal basal levels of prolactin was within the normal range. However, patients with hyperprolactinaemic amenorrhoea and no evidence of pituitary tumour were found to have a blunted response.