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Body self-image disturbances in women with prolactinoma

Pereira, Helen S; Naliato, Erika C; Moraes, Aline B; Gadelha, Monica R; Vieira Neto, Leonardo; Almeida, Renan M; Nardi, Antonio E; Violante, Alice H.

Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.); 42 (1), 2020

Objective: To evaluate body dissatisfaction and distorted body self-image in women with prolactinoma. Methods: Body dissatisfaction and distorted body self-image were evaluated in 80 women with prolactinoma. All patients were in menacme, 34% had normal body mass index (BMI), and 66% were overweight. Mos...

Trastorno Dismórfico Corporal/psicología, Imagen Corporal/psicología, Índice de Masa Corporal, Agonistas de Dopamina/uso terapéutico, Hiperprolactinemia/sangre, Hiperprolactinemia/tratamiento farmacológico, Hiperprolactinemia/psicología, Persona de Mediana Edad, Neoplasias Hipofisarias/sangre, Neoplasias Hipofisarias/psicología, Prolactina/sangre, Prolactinoma/sangre, Prolactinoma/psicología, Escalas de Valoración Psiquiátrica, Valores de Referencia, Estadísticas no Paramétricas, Encuestas y Cuestionarios

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Mean platelet volume in patients with prolactinoma

ABSTRACT Objective Prolactin is a multifunctional pituitary hormone. The effect of prolactin on platelet activation is not well understood. Prolactinomas are the most common type of pituitary adenomas, and they are medically responsive to dopamine agonists. Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a marker of pla...