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. 1989 Dec;52(12):1435–1437. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.52.12.1435

Serum prolactin during status epilepticus.

T Tomson 1, U Lindbom 1, B Y Nilsson 1, E Svanborg 1, D E Andersson 1
PMCID: PMC1031608  PMID: 2614444

Abstract

The serum concentration of prolactin is frequently increased after single epileptic seizures and has therefore been used as a method to differentiate between hysterical attacks and epileptic seizures. We determined plasma prolactin concentrations in fifteen patients with status epilepticus. Seven patients had absence status, five complex partial and three generalised tonic-clonic status epilepticus. Prolactin levels were normal in all patients which indicates that, in contrast to single seizures, status epilepticus is not associated with an increase in serum prolactin.

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