EFFECT OF SULPIRIDE-INDUCED HYPERPROLACTINEMIA ON SERUM TESTOSTERONE RESPONSE TO HCG IN NORMAL MEN
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Vol. 43 (3) , 700-703
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-43-3-700
Abstract
In six normal volunteers hyperprolactinemia was induced by sulpiride (150 mg/day) for 10 days. Both before and during sulpiride hCG was injected; the higher testosterone response to hCG, when PRL levels were enhanced, suggests a possible stimulatory role of PRL on Leydig cells.Keywords
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