[The diagnostic value of routine prolactin determination in sterility patients].
In the year 1976 an expert group of the WHO recommended to determine serum-prolactin routinely at the beginning of any infertility work-up. We investigated whether this recommendation is still tenable. Serum-prolactin was determined in 292 patients of an infertility clinic. In 33 women serum-prolactin exceeded the upper limit of the norm (600 microIE/ml). In 11/33 cases only, hyperprolactinemia was found to persist. This shows that the routine determination of prolactin in such cases appears to be of questionable value.
Varkopoulou
K
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Abteilung für gynäkologische Endokrinologie, Frauenklinik, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
Dericks-Tan
J S
JS
Taubert
H D
HD
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006966:Hyperprolactinemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood*
D011388:Prolactin
Uber die diagnostische Aussagekraft der routinemässigen Prolaktinbestimmung bei Sterilitätspatientinnen.