Prolactin Release in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

HISANORI MINAKAMI, NAOHIDE ABE, NAOKO OKA, Kozo KIMURA, TAKASHI TAMURA, TARO TAMADA
1988 Endocrinologia Japonica  
Abstracts To evaluate the prevalence of hyperprolactinemia in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCO), 72 patients with oligo-or anovulation were studied. All of the patients had persisting elevated LH (>25mIU/ml), normal FSH, high LH/FSH ratio (>2.5), and exaggerated LH responses to LHRH. Mean testosterone and androstenedione concentrations were appreciably increased in these patients. Out of 171 samples for prolactin (PRL) determination from these 72 patients, only 5 patients had a PRL value above 30 ng/ml during the
doi:10.1507/endocrj1954.35.303 pmid:3145187 fatcat:xq2vkn6ryrdz7ku7hxuu4liypy