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Active postoperative acromegaly: sustained remission after discontinuation of somatostatin analogues

In patients with active acromegaly after pituitary surgery, somatostatin analogues are effective in controlling the disease and can even be curative in some cases. After treatment discontinuation, the likelihood of disease recurrence is high. However, a small subset of patients remains symptom-free...

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Autores principales: Alvarez-Escola, Cristina, Cardenas-Salas, Jersy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27933171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-16-0092