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Preferred term

Hyperprolactinemia  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Increased levels of PROLACTIN in the BLOOD, which may be associated with AMENORRHEA and GALACTORRHEA. Relatively common etiologies include PROLACTINOMA, medication effect, KIDNEY FAILURE, granulomatous diseases of the PITUITARY GLAND, and disorders which interfere with the hypothalamic inhibition of prolactin release. Ectopic (non-pituitary) production of prolactin may also occur. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp77-8)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hyperprolactinaemia
  • Inappropriate Prolactin Secretion
  • Inappropriate Prolactin Secretion Syndrome
  • Prolactin Hypersecretion Syndrome
  • Prolactin, Inappropriate Secretion

In other languages

  • French

  • Syndrome de sécrétion inappropriée d'hormone lutéotrope
  • Syndrome de sécrétion inappropriée de LTH
  • Syndrome de sécrétion inappropriée de PRL
  • Syndrome de sécrétion inappropriée de prolactine

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