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Clinical applications of somatostatin analogs for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas
Excessive growth hormone (GH) is usually secreted by GH-secreting pituitary adenomas and causes gigantism in juveniles or acromegaly in adults. The clinical complications involving cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic systems lead to elevated morbidity in acromegaly. Control of serum GH and in...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24421637 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S53930 |