Publications by authors named "Marise Lima"

We studied clinical and laboratorial features of 73 patients with endogenous Cushing's syndrome, subdivided as follows: 46 (63%) with Cushing's disease (CD), 21 (28.7%) with an adrenal tumor and 6 (8.2%) with ectopic ACTH secretion (EAS).

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Macroprolactinemia is characterized by the predominance in the serum of macroprolactin, a prolactin (PRL) with high molecular mass and low biological activity that does not need treatment. The prevalence of macroprolactinemia was evaluated in 115 consecutive patients with hyperprolactinemia. Among them, 19 (16.

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