Hyperprolactinemia in polycystic ovary syndrome

With the use of multiple blood sampling, the prevalence of hyperprolactinemia in 150 consecutive patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCO) was found to be 17%. To further compare these two groups of PCO patients, the pituitary responses to gonadotropin-releasing hormone and thyrotropin-releasing hormone and the adrenal responses to dexamethasone suppression and adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation were evaluated in 40 normoprolactinemic...