Prolactin, hydrocortisone and corticosterone content of the peripheral blood of patients with the galactorrhea-amenorrhea syndrome
Bol'shakova, T.D.; Buniatian, A.F.; Gitel', E.P.; Mel'nichenko, G.A.; Artiukhina, L.B.
Problemy Endokrinologii 30(3): 15-18
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-9660 PMID: 6539916 Document Number: 230603
Seventeen females with galactorrhea, including 11 with the persisting galactorrhea-amenorrhea-syndrome (PGAS) and 6 with the hypothalamic syndrome (neuroendocrine form) and galactorrhea were studied. In persons with the hypothalamic syndrome a normal prolactin level and increased hydrocortisone and corticosterone concentrations in the peripheral blood are observed. In patients with the PGAS, hyperprolactinemia is accompanied by qualitative and quantitative changes in the adrenocortical hormone content toward a rising corticosterone level.