title: Serum prolactin and oestradiol levels at different stages of puberty.
abstract: Serum prolactin and oestradiol levels were measured in 183 children who were staged for pubertal development. Mean serum prolactin levels are higher in girls than in boys at stage 3 of pubertal development. In girls prolactin levels rise at stage 2, and are higher after menarche; in boys there is no change in prolactin levels. In this study serum oestradiol correlates with prolactin in the girls, but not in the boys.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001940:Breast / Q000254:growth & development; D002648:Child; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008572:Menarche; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood*; D011627:Puberty; D013737:Testis / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D004958:Estradiol; D011388:Prolactin