Diseases

Hyperprolactinemia

Increased levels of PROLACTIN in the BLOOD, which may be associated with AMENORRHEA and GALACTORRHEA. Relatively common etiologies include PROLACTINOMA, medication effect, KIDNEY FAILURE, granulomatous diseases of the PITUITARY GLAND, and disorders which interfere with the hypothalamic inhibition of prolactin release. Ectopic (non-pituitary) production of prolactin may also occur. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp77-8)

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Increased levels of PROLACTIN in the BLOOD, which may be associated with AMENORRHEA and GALACTORRHEA. Relatively common etiologies include PROLACTINOMA, medication effect, KIDNEY FAILURE, granulomatous diseases of the PITUITARY GLAND, and disorders which interfere with the hypothalamic inhibition of prolactin release. Ectopic (non-pituitary) production of prolactin may also occur. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp77-8)

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  • Hyperprolactinaemia
  • Inappropriate Prolactin Secretion
  • Inappropriate Prolactin Secretion Syndrome
  • Prolactin Hypersecretion Syndrome
  • Prolactin, Inappropriate Secretion
  • Hyperprolactinemias
  • Hypersecretion Syndrome, Prolactin
  • Inappropriate Secretion Prolactin
  • Prolactin Secretion, Inappropriate
  • Secretion Prolactin, Inappropriate
  • Secretion, Inappropriate Prolactin
  • Syndrome, Prolactin Hypersecretion

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, 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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1986

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  • Prolactin/blood (1966-1985)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hyperprolactinemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006966. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006966
  2. Hyperprolactinemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperprolactinaemia
  3. Hyperprolactinemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433936