EFFECT OF ELEVATED PROLACTIN LEVELS ON PLASMA 1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN-D AND INTESTINAL-ABSORPTION OF CALCIUM
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 55 (1) , 51-53
Abstract
Because of evidence in experimental animals [chick] that prolactin stimulates production of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, several indices of Ca metabolism were evaluated in patients who had hyperprolactinemia due to functioning pituitary adenomas and in normal age-matched controls. Plasma levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D in hyperprolactinemic patients were in the normal range (15-24 pg/ml vs. 15-75 pg/ml in controls). Intestinal absorption of Ca, plasma levels of immunoreactive parathyroid hormone and serum values for Ca, P and alkaline phosphatase were similar in patients and controls. Prolactin probably has no effect on plasma 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels or Ca metabolism in man.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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