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The diurnal rhythm of serum prolactin levels was investigated in five night-workers (night nurses). Maximal values were found during the day time sleep period. Besides this shift from night to day time, disturbances of the secretion pattern (i.e., 2 prolactin peaks, increased differences between maximal and minimal values) were observed in most cases. The abnormal prolaction rhythm remained constant throughout the night shift period in all but one case.
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Aulitzky, W., Keen, F. & Daxenbichler, G. The circadian rhythms of serum prolactin in nurses working on a night shift. Arch. Gynecol. 236, 73–75 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02134002
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02134002