Title : Influence of prolactin on serum androgens in normoprolactinaemic women.

Pub. Date : 1983 Mar

PMID : 6227379






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1 Previous studies in hyperprolactinaemic women have led to conflicting views about the influence of prolactin (PRL) on serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DS) levels. Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate prolactin Homo sapiens
2 Previous studies in hyperprolactinaemic women have led to conflicting views about the influence of prolactin (PRL) on serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DS) levels. Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate prolactin Homo sapiens
3 This study was designed to examine the effect of a reduction of normal levels of circulating prolactin on the serum DS concentration in twenty ovulating women treated with bromocriptine for 4 months in a double-blind crossover study. Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate prolactin Homo sapiens
4 Although the mechanism of this phenomenon is not clear, this study suggests that PRL may have a physiological role in modulating the tonic secretion or metabolism of DS. Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate prolactin Homo sapiens