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Vittorio Coiro1, Riccardo Volpi, Simona Cataldo
1Department of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Parma, Italy. vittorio.coiro@unipr.it
Abstract:
To evaluate the possible influence of idiopathic hyperprolactinemia on the arginine-vasopressin (AVP) response to osmotic and pressure-volumetric stimuli, 14 idiopathic hyperprolactinemic women and 13 normoprolactinemic women were studied during a hypertonic saline infusion test (0.51M NaCl infusion for 2h) and an orthostatic test (standing upright and maintaining an orthostatic position for 20min). In both experimental conditions, the AVP response was significantly higher in women with idiopathic hyperprolactinemia than in normal normoprolactinemic women. These results indicate that in women hyperprolactinemia influences the AVP response to hyperosmotic and hypovolemic stimuli.
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