HYPERPROLACTINEMIA SYNDROME. PART II. MODERN DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CRITERIA

Hyperprolactinemia ranks third in endocrine pathology structure after diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease. Increased prolactin is detected in 15-20% of women with secondary amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea and 10% of men with sexual dysfunction. Therefore, determining the level of prolactin and its isoforms in the blood is an important step in the diagnosis of the causes of reproductive disorders, as well as in the choice of tactics of treatment of this disease.