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Disease hyperprolactinemia
Phenotype C0033375|prolactinomas
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PubMedID- 25248588 In patients with prolactinomas the primary cause of hyperprolactinemia is excessive and autonomic production of prolactin by lactotroph cells.
PubMedID- 20871665 In children and adolescents, hyperprolactinemia resulting from prolactinomas, which are rare, can result in galactorrhea, amenorrhea, gynecomastia, and maturational delay with growth failure [12].
PubMedID- 26074878 prolactinomas are one of the causes of hyperprolactinemia, a condition in which 90% are intersellar adenomas and 10% are macroadenomas (≥10 mm) (4).

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