Endocrinol japon
1991, 38 (5), 517-522
Anti-Thyroid Antibodies Hyperprolactinemia
in Patients
with
MIYUKIISHIBASHI, NOBUAKIKUZUYA*, SHINICHIROSAWADA**, KIYOSHIKITAMURA**, KYUZIKAMOI*** ANDTOHRUYAMAJI** Fourth Departmentof Medicine,TeikyoUniversitySchoolof Medicine,Kanagawa213, *Departmentof GeneralMedicine, Jichi MedicalCollegeOmiyaMedicalCenter,Saitama330, **ThirdDepartmentof Internal Medicine,FacultyofMedicine, Universityof Tokyo,Tokyo113, and ***DepartmentofMedicine, Nagaoka RedCrossHospital,Niigata 940, Japan
Abstract. To clarify the possible role of prolactin in the regulation of immune responses in man, we measured circulating anti-thyroid antibodies in 172 normal subjects, 84 patients with prolactinoma and 63 patients with acromegaly with normal thyroid and adrenocortical functions. Frequencies of positive thyroidal microsome and thyroglobulin antibodies were significantly (p
1991, 38 (5), 517-522
Anti-Thyroid Antibodies Hyperprolactinemia
in Patients
with
MIYUKIISHIBASHI, NOBUAKIKUZUYA*, SHINICHIROSAWADA**, KIYOSHIKITAMURA**, KYUZIKAMOI*** ANDTOHRUYAMAJI** Fourth Departmentof Medicine,TeikyoUniversitySchoolof Medicine,Kanagawa213, *Departmentof GeneralMedicine, Jichi MedicalCollegeOmiyaMedicalCenter,Saitama330, **ThirdDepartmentof Internal Medicine,FacultyofMedicine, Universityof Tokyo,Tokyo113, and ***DepartmentofMedicine, Nagaoka RedCrossHospital,Niigata 940, Japan
Abstract. To clarify the possible role of prolactin in the regulation of immune responses in man, we measured circulating anti-thyroid antibodies in 172 normal subjects, 84 patients with prolactinoma and 63 patients with acromegaly with normal thyroid and adrenocortical functions. Frequencies of positive thyroidal microsome and thyroglobulin antibodies were significantly (p
