Is prolactin a clinically useful measure of epilepsy?

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Elinor Ben-Menachem. Epilepsy Curr. 2006 May-Jun.

. 2006 May-Jun;6(3):78-9.

doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2006.00104.x.

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Use of serum prolactin in diagnosing epileptic seizures: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.
Chen DK, So YT, Fisher RS; Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Chen DK, et al. Neurology. 2005 Sep 13;65(5):668-75. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000178391.96957.d0. Neurology. 2005. PMID: 16157897 Review.

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