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![]() | Varner, Michael W. | Decidual, amniotic fluid, maternal and fetal prolactin in normal and abnormal pregnancies. | In the present studies, the content and the in vitro production of prolactin by decidua as well as the concentrations of prolactin in amniotic fluid, maternal and fetal serum in normal term pregnancies, induced abortions at various gestational ages, and in pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitu... | Decidual; Amniotic Fluid; Prolactin; Pregnancy Complications | 1984-03 |
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![]() | Couldwell, William T. | Predictive value of serum prolactin levels measured immediately after transsphenoidal surgery | Object. Prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas may be managed by surgery, medication, radiotherapy, or observation. The authors reviewed a consecutive series of patients who were followed for at least 5 years after surgery to assess the prognostic significance of preoperative factors (tumor size and... | Prolactin; Transsphenoidal surgery; Pituitary adenoma; Prolactinoma; Transsphenoidal approach | 2002 |
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![]() | Couldwell, William T. | Management of pituitary adenomas | We present an overview of the management of pituitary adenomas, with discussions of microanatomy, of diagnostic studies of general neuroendocrine function, and of radiologic evaluation. We discuss the diagnosis of pituitary adenoma and its treatment with sections on null cell, prolactin (PRL)-secre... | Pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery; Corticotropin; Prolactin; Growth hormone; Transcranial surgery | 1994 |
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![]() | Couldwell, William T. | Prolactinomas: focus on indications, outcomes and management of recurrences | Although prolactinomas are discovered at autopsy with equal frequency in women and men, they present clinically in women far more often than in men. In children, "in whom they are the most common type of adenoma, prolactinomas are seen more often in girls than in boys. In a series of nearly 400 PRL... | Outcome; Pituitary adenoma; Prognosis; Prolactin; Transsphenoidal surgery | 1999 |