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Prolactin (Lactogenic hormone)
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- Adult: 0-20 ng/ml
- Pregnancy
- Third trimester: 34-306 ng/ml
- Lactating mother: < 40 ng/ml
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- To evaluate oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, or Galactorrhea
- To assist in the diagnosis of pituitary gland or hypothalamic dysfunction
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- Hypothalamus -- pituitary disease (Sarcoidosis, Metastatic Cancer)
- Prolactin-secreating pituitary tumor
- Acromegaly
- Hypothyroidism
- Anorexia nervosa
- Adrenal insufficiency
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- Pituitary infarction or necrosis
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- Alcohol intake
- Failure to fast in the pretest period
- Recent radioactive isotope scan
- Warming of the specimen
- Hemolysis
- Sleep disturbance
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