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Has Prolactin a Role in the Hypogonadal Status of HIV-Infected Patients?

Section of Infectious Diseases, Hospital de Gáldacano-Usánsolo, Vizcaya, Spain, med003033{at}saludalia.com

Margarita Esteban, MD

Section of Biochemistry, Hospital de Gáldacano-Usánsolo, Vizcaya, Spain

Most cases of hypogonadism in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are of hypophyseal— hypothalamic origin, and hyperprolactinemia, also commonly observed in HIV-infected patients, may cause hypogonadism. We studied 188 HIV-infected men who had simultaneous determinations of gonadal and hypophyseal hormones, and we found that prolactin levels were independently predictive of hypogonadism in multivariate analysis.

Key Words: HIV infection • hypogonadism • testosterone • prolactin • LH • FSH • HAART

This version was published on January 1, 2009

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (JIAPAC), Vol. 8, No. 1, 43-46 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1545109708330908


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