Pasireotide: successful treatment of a sparsely granulated tumour in a resistant case of acromegaly

The granulation pattern of somatotroph adenomas is well known to be associated with differing clinical and biochemical characteristics, and it has been shown that sparsely granulated tumours respond poorly to commonly used somatostatin receptor ligands (SRLs). We report a challenging case of acromeg...

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Autores principales: Amarawardena, W K M G, Liyanarachchi, K D, Newell-Price, J D C, Ross, R J M, Iacovazzo, D, Debono, M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2017
Materias:
Novel Treatment
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28721221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-17-0067

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28721221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-17-0067

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