ea0015p252 | Pituitary | SFEBES2008
Blantern Liz
, Qureshi Zubair
, Heald Adrian
, Anderson Simon
, Radford Daniela
, Waldron Julian
, Davies Marten
, McCulloch Alan
, Kane John
Background: In most people, prolactin circulates predominantly as a 23-kDa monomer, and a high-molecular-weight form which in the vast majority of cases consists of a complex of prolactin and an anti-prolactin IgG autoantibody, commonly referred to as macroprolactin. This cross-reacts with conventional laboratory assays for prolactin.Report: In a consecutive series of 218 patients with prolactin elevated to 400 μ/l or more in men (normal range Ͱ...