Diseases

Galactorrhea

Excessive or inappropriate LACTATION in females or males, and not necessarily related to PREGNANCY. Galactorrhea can occur either unilaterally or bilaterally, and be profuse or sparse. Its most common cause is HYPERPROLACTINEMIA.

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Excessive or inappropriate LACTATION in females or males, and not necessarily related to PREGNANCY. Galactorrhea can occur either unilaterally or bilaterally, and be profuse or sparse. Its most common cause is HYPERPROLACTINEMIA.

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  • Galactorrheas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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usually check tags PREGNANCY & FEMALE

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History Note

91(75); was see under LACTATION DISORDERS 1975-90

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  1. C12.050.703w.844w.506.389w
  2. C17.800w.090w.937.439w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Galactorrhea. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005687. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005687
  2. Galactorrhea. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactorrhea
  3. Galactorrhea. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278515