Acromegaly: Beyond surgery

Acromegaly: Beyond surgery

Acromegaly is characterized by chronic, excess secretion of growth hormone (GH) from a pituitary adenoma, and elevated hepatic insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels. Significant progress has been made in the development of medical therapies to achieve biochemical and symptomatic control in acr...

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Main Authors: Gaya Thanabalasingham, Ashley B Grossman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
Acromegaly
cabergoline
lanreotide
medical therapy
octreotide
pasireotide
pegvisomant
somatostatin analogs
Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2013;volume=17;issue=4;spage=563;epage=567;aulast=Thanabalasingham

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