Prolactin concentrations in normal menstrual cycles and conception cycles. 1979

E A Lenton, and L M Brook, and O Sobowale, and I D Cooke

Plasma prolactin concentrations were measured daily throughout twenty-three menstrual cycles from regularly ovulating women. In five of the cycles conception occurred spontaneously. The frequency distribution of prolactin concentrations was calculated and an appropriate linear transform obtained. Means and 95% confidence limits were determined by inspection of the logarithmic probability plots and these gave mean concentrations (and ranges) of 302 (106-871) mU/1 for the nonconception cycles and 178 (58-550) mU/1 for the conception cycles. Distribution of prolactin concentrations was log-normal in all cases, although the population containing the conception cycles was distinct from the population of non-conception cycles. It is suggested that the normal range found in ovulating women is 80-800 mU/1 but that for conception to occur levels should be slightly lower and approximate to the range 60-600 mU/1. Thus the lower limit of normal is about 60 mU/1 and the upper limit about 800 mU/1. Any concentration over 800 mU/1 should be designated as hyperprolactinaemia.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008598 Menstruation The periodic shedding of the ENDOMETRIUM and associated menstrual bleeding in the MENSTRUAL CYCLE of humans and primates. Menstruation is due to the decline in circulating PROGESTERONE, and occurs at the late LUTEAL PHASE when LUTEOLYSIS of the CORPUS LUTEUM takes place.
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011388 Prolactin A lactogenic hormone secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). It is a polypeptide of approximately 23 kD. Besides its major action on lactation, in some species prolactin exerts effects on reproduction, maternal behavior, fat metabolism, immunomodulation and osmoregulation. Prolactin receptors are present in the mammary gland, hypothalamus, liver, ovary, testis, and prostate. Lactogenic Hormone, Pituitary,Mammotropic Hormone, Pituitary,Mammotropin,PRL (Prolactin),Hormone, Pituitary Lactogenic,Hormone, Pituitary Mammotropic,Pituitary Lactogenic Hormone,Pituitary Mammotropic Hormone
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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