[Hyperprolactinaemic endocrinopathy in gynaecological practice (author's transl)].
Prolactin and, to some extent, the gonadotrophins were determined in the serum of 50 patients with amenorrhoea (oligomenorrhoea) and or galactorrhoea. -- Hyperprolactinaemia was safely recorded from 32 cases. That relatively high number of patients with hyperprolactinaemia was attributed to retrograde examination of sterility patients who had been resistant to therapy. -- In the presence of galactorrhoea prolactin levels were increased in nine of 16 patients, whereas the same levels were increased in only three of 18 patients with postpill amenorrhoea. -- Gonadotrophin levels usually dropped in concomitance with marked hyperprolactinaemia, but they failed to deviate from normal with moderate prolactin increase. -- The above results are likely to underscore the importance of prolactin to the diagnosis of gynaecological endocrinopathies.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005687:Galactorrhea / Q000097:blood*; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007775:Lactation Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood*
D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary; D011388:Prolactin
Die hyperprolaktinämische Endokrinopathie in der gynäkologischen Praxis.