Normal prolactin response following thyrotrophin releasing hormone in patients with autonomously functioning euthyroid multinodular goitre.
Twelve female patients (mean age 60 years, range 41--74) with euthyroid multinodular goitre and a flat TRH test (median delta TSH 0.9 muIU/ml, range 0--3.5) had normal prolactin responses to TRH (median data 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.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology
D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D013972:Thyrotropin