Prolactin and gonadal hormones: a key relationship that may have clinical, monitoring and therapeutic implications in systemic lupus erythematosus

C Lavalle, A Graef, V Baca, M Ramirez-Lacayo… - Lupus, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
C Lavalle, A Graef, V Baca, M Ramirez-Lacayo, F Blanco-Favela, O Ortiz
Lupus, 1993journals.sagepub.com
in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Page 1 71 Review Prolactin and Gonadal Hormones: A Key
Relationship That May Have Clinical, Monitoring and Therapeutic Implications in Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus CARLOS LAVALLE, ALICIA GRAEF*, VICENTE BACA, MARTHA
RAMIREZ-LACAYO, FRANCISCO BLANCO-FAVELA and OLIVA ORTIZ Department of Pediatric
Rheumatology, Hospital de Pediatria, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS Mexico City;
*Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Medico La Raza, IMSS …
Since the discovery by Stricker and Grueter in 1928 of a mammotropic hormone produced by the anterior pitui-tary gland, it has become clear that prolactin (PRL) plays an important role in reproduction’.
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