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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