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Clinical efficacy and safety results for dose escalation of somatostatin receptor ligands in patients with acromegaly: a literature review
Acromegaly is a rare disease with a multifaceted clinical presentation. In 90–95% of patients with acromegaly, the disease is caused by a growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenoma with elevated GH levels that ultimately induce excessive hepatic secretion of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)...
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Springer US
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094533/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21161602 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11102-010-0282-z |