Journal article
Oral contraceptives and prolactinomas: A case-control study
Abstract
The increase in the number of newly diagnosed cases of prolactinomas seems to coincide with the use of oral contraceptives during the past two decades. The following retrospective case-control study was undertaken in an attempt to disprove a null hypothesis of relationship between oral contraceptive use and prolactinomas. Each of 70 patients operated upon for removal of a prolactinoma was closely matched for age, gravidity, and year of final …
Authors
Maheux R; Jenicek M; Cleroux R; Beauregard H; De Muylder X; Gratton NM; Van Campenhout J
Journal
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 143, No. 2, pp. 134–138
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 1982
DOI
10.1016/0002-9378(82)90641-x
ISSN
0002-9378