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Preferred term

Hyperprolactinemia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

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

Scope note

  • 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)

History note

  • 1986

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006966

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