Diagnosis of Growth Hormone Excess and Hyperprolactinemia
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Reply by Authors. We appreciate the interest of Delgrange in our study. MacRoprolactinemia is a clinically and biologically heterogeneous condition. Leslie et al studied 55 women with typical hyperprolactinemia and reported that symptoms of typical hyperprolactinemia were uncommon. Vallette-Kasic et al examined 106 patients with macroprolactinemia and found that 61% had normal menstruation and ...
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تاریخ انتشار 2011