Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Macroprolactin (MacroPRL), a variant of human prolactin may interfere with hormonal assay and falsely increase serum prolactin levels. Therefore, failure to identify macroprolactinemia can lead to inappropriate investigations and treatment in women who are already susceptible to anxiety and stress. We aimed to identify macroprolactinemia among women of childbearing age with hyperprolactinemia.Materials and methods: We conducted a cross-sect...