Akasha Elgunaid H. Musa
Dawelbiet Abdelal Yahia
Elsadig M. Ahmed
2022-01-25
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Thyroid dysfunction is a public health problem in White Nile State in Sudan. It is majorly caused by iodine deficiency. Hyperprolactinemia, the clinical condition associated with infertilityis resulted from a number of causes.</p>
<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> This study aimed to assess the relationship between thyroid hormone and prolactin serum level in Sudanese hypothyroidism infertile females.</p>
<p><strong>Material and Method:</strong> One hundred Sudanese females with hypothyroidism were compared with eightys healthy control. Blood samples were collected after an overnight fasting. Serum TSH, T<sub>3</sub>, T<sub>4</sub> were analyzed using fully automated immunoassay analyzer system (AIA)TOSOH BIOSCINCEAIA360. Prolactin is measured using i-CHROMA<sup>TM</sup>.</p>
<p><strong>Results: </strong>Hypothyroidism patients showed increased prolactin levels. Prolactin is increased in 40% of hypothyroidism patients.Also, TSH levels were significantly positively correlated with prolactin levels. <strong>Conclusion:</strong>The serum prolactin levels were increased in hypothyroidism infertile patients.</p>
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6052270
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Prolactin Hypothyroidism T3 T4 TSH
ASSESSMENT OF SERUM PROLACTIN IN HYPOTHYROIDISM INFERTILE FEMALES, IN WHITENILESTATE, SUDAN
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