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The serum concentration of prolactin is frequently increased after single epileptic seizures and has therefore been used as a method to differentiate between hysterical attacks and epileptic seizures.We determined plasma prolactin concentrations in fifteen patients with status epilepticus.Seven patients had absence status,five complex partial and three generalised tonic-clonic status epilepticus.Prolactin levels were normal in all patients which indicates that,in contrast to single seizures,status epilepticus is not associated with an increase in serum prolactin. |
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