Persistent idiopathic prolactin elevation merits macroprolactin estimation: A case report and review of literature

• Main Authors: Krishnaprabha Gautam (Author), Kripa Elizabeth Cherian (Author), Arun Jose (Author), T K Aleyamma (Author), Nitin Kapoor (Author), Thomas Vizhalil Paul (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The prevalence of hyperprolactinemia ranges from about 0.4% in an unselected adult population to as high as 9%-17% in women with reproductive disorders. It may cause infertility in about 11% of the oligospermic males. Rarely, the cause of persistently elevated prolactin remains obscure even after th...