Management of acromegaly

Acromegaly is caused by hypersecretion of growth hormone and resultant overproduction of insulin-like growth factor-1 and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Successful treatment modalities have been developed and are used in a multistep approach allowing normal life expectancy as...

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Autores principales: Vasilev, Vladimir, Daly, Adrian, Zacharieva, Sabina, Beckers, Albert
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medicine Reports Ltd 2010
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21173856
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M2-54
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description Acromegaly is caused by hypersecretion of growth hormone and resultant overproduction of insulin-like growth factor-1 and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Successful treatment modalities have been developed and are used in a multistep approach allowing normal life expectancy as well as improved quality of life in an increasing number of patients.
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spelling pubmed-29904542010-12-20 Management of acromegaly Vasilev, Vladimir Daly, Adrian Zacharieva, Sabina Beckers, Albert F1000 Med Rep Review Article Acromegaly is caused by hypersecretion of growth hormone and resultant overproduction of insulin-like growth factor-1 and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Successful treatment modalities have been developed and are used in a multistep approach allowing normal life expectancy as well as improved quality of life in an increasing number of patients. Medicine Reports Ltd 2010-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2990454/ /pubmed/21173856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M2-54 Text en © 2010 Medicine Reports Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes
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