Role of Receptor Profiling for Personalized Therapy in a Patient with a Growth Hormone-Secreting Macroadenoma Resistant to First-Generation Somatostatin Analogues

Background: Acromegaly is almost always caused by a pituitary adenoma and is associated with high morbidity and mortality when uncontrolled. Trans-sphenoidal removal of the adenoma is the mainstay of therapy, but fails to control the disease in a significant number of patients who require further tr...

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Autores principales: Alexandraki, Krystallenia I., Papadimitriou, Eirini, Mavroeidi, Vasiliki, Kyriakopoulos, Georgios, Xydakis, Antonios, Papaioannou, Theodoros G., Kolomodi, Denise, Kaltsas, Gregory A., Grossman, Ashley B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6963904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31731613
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm9040048

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6963904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31731613
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm9040048

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