Prolactin and Dehydroepiandrosterone Levels in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Role of the Extrapituitary Prolactin Promoter Polymorphism at −1149G/T

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Prolactin expression and serum levels. Patients with lupus have significantly higher serum levels of prolactin () and expression at the mRNA level in PBMCs (), although individual differences are shown among the patients.

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