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

Figure 9

17β-estradiol levels in serum. Estradiol levels in serum were significantly higher in lupus patients (a) (). (b) However, women with lupus older (FO) than 50 had higher levels compared to women less than 50 (FY). (c) Lupus patients with the TT genotype had higher levels than women with the GG genotype.

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