A case of systemic lupus erythematosus: continued association of circulating prolactin levels with disease activity over a 4-year follow-up period

Kazumitsu Sugiura; Yoshinao Muro; Akihiro Watanabe; Yasushi Tomita

doi:10.1007/s10165-005-0397-7

A case of systemic lupus erythematosus: continued association of circulating prolactin levels with disease activity over a 4-year follow-up period

Mod Rheumatol. 2005;15(3):220-2. doi: 10.1007/s10165-005-0397-7.

Authors

Kazumitsu Sugiura¹, Yoshinao Muro, Akihiro Watanabe, Yasushi Tomita

Affiliation

¹ Division of Connective Tissue Disease and Autoimmunity, Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 17029068
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-005-0397-7

Abstract

Circulating prolactin levels in a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were measured over a period of 4 years, and her hyperprolactinemia remained associated with disease activity throughout. Circulating prolactin could thus be a better practical marker than standard parameters such as anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies and serum complement in some patients with SLE.