Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 5 , Pages 566-572 , May 2006

Altered Functional Status of the Hypothalamic Dopaminergic Tone in Patients with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Pilot Study

  • Adalberto Parra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Jorge Ramírez-Peredo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Rocío Hidalgo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Amelia Morales-Toquero

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla, Mexico City, Mexico
    • Centro de Hematología y Medicina Interna de Puebla, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Gabriela Velásquez-Ramírez

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Alejandro Ruiz-Argüelles

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Guillermo J. Ruiz-Argüelles

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla, Mexico City, Mexico
    • Centro de Hematología y Medicina Interna de Puebla, Mexico City, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Guillermo J. Ruiz-Argüelles, MD, FACP, FRCP (Glasg), Centro de Hematología y Medicina Interna de Puebla, 8B Sur 3710, 72530 Puebla, PUE, Mexico

Received 17 October 2005 ,Accepted 16 December 2005.

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    Mean basal serum prolactin concentration and that in response to a 10-mg intravenous bolus of metoclopramide (MCP) in a group of 10 healthy controls, in 5 allografted patients with chronic GVHD, and i

    Mean basal serum prolactin concentration and that in response to a 10-mg intravenous bolus of metoclopramide (MCP) in a group of 10 healthy controls, in 5 allografted patients with chronic GVHD, and in 5 allografted patients without GVHD. Values represent the mean ± SEM.

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    Individual values for the area under the prolactin curve during the intravenous metoclopramide test in a group of 10 healthy controls, in 5 allografted patients with chronic GVHD, and in 5 allografted

    Individual values for the area under the prolactin curve during the intravenous metoclopramide test in a group of 10 healthy controls, in 5 allografted patients with chronic GVHD, and in 5 allografted patients without GVHD.

PII: S1083-8791(05)01418-7

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.12.035

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 5 , Pages 566-572 , May 2006

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