Title : Persistence of impaired PRL responses to sulpiride in patients with PRL secreting pituitary adenomas after successful hypophysectomy.

Pub. Date : 1983 Jul

PMID : 6414103






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1 It is concluded 1) that even in hypophysectomized normoprolactinemic patients the circulating PRL may originate mainly from the residual tumor cells, and 2) that the sulpiride test is useful to detect the abnormalities of hypothalamo-pituitary axis in operated patients with PRL-secreting adenomas, whereas TRH, arginine, and L-dopa tests are less useful for such purposes. Arginine prolactin Homo sapiens