Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Hyperprolactinemia in Children and Adolescents: National Survey

Erdal Eren Ayça Törel Ergür Şükriye Pınar İşgüven Eda Celebi Bitkin Merih Berberoğlu Zeynep Siklar Firdevs Baş Servet Yel Serpil Baş Elif Söbü Abdullah Bereket Serap Turan Halil Sağlam Zeynep Atay Oya Ercan Tülay Güran Mehmet Emre Atabek Hüseyin Anil Korkmaz Aylin Kılınç Uğurlu Ayşehan Akıncı Esra Döğer Enver Şimşek Emine Demet Akbaş Ayhan Abaci Ülkü Gül Şiraz Sezer Acar Eda Mengen Ucakturk Melek Yıldız Edip Ünal Ömer Tarım

Published in: Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology (2018)

We present the largest cohort of children and adolescents with hyperprolactinemia in the literature to date. Hyperprolactinemia is more common in females and cabergoline is highly effective and practical to use in adolescents, due to its biweekly dosing. Indications for surgery in pediatric cases need to be revised.

Keyphrases

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