Is a stable or decreasing prolactin level in a patient with prolactinoma a surrogate marker for lack of tumor growth?

The optimal interval for follow-up imaging of patients with prolactinomas is unclear. We wish to determine the likelihood of tumor enlargement in patients with prolactinomas who have a stable or reduced prolactin (PRL) level over time, whether or not they are treated with a dopamine agonist (DA). We...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pituitary 2014-04, Vol.17 (2), p.97-102
Hauptverfasser: Alkabbani, Abdulrahman G., Mon, Sann Y., Hatipoglu, Betul, Kennedy, Laurence, Faiman, Charles, Weil, Robert J., Hamrahian, Amir H.
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