1. Guidelines for acromegaly management: an update.
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Melmed S, Colao A, Barkan A, Molitch M, Grossman AB, Kleinberg D, Clemmons D, Chanson P, Laws E, Schlechte J, Vance ML, Ho K, and Giustina A
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- Acromegaly complications, Acromegaly drug therapy, Acromegaly etiology, Acromegaly radiotherapy, Acromegaly surgery, Biomarkers, Humans, Monitoring, Physiologic, Pituitary Gland surgery, Acromegaly therapy
- Abstract
Objective: The Acromegaly Consensus Group reconvened in November 2007 to update guidelines for acromegaly management., Participants: The meeting participants comprised 68 pituitary specialists, including neurosurgeons and endocrinologists with extensive experience treating patients with acromegaly. EVIDENCE/CONSENSUS PROCESS: Goals of treatment and the appropriate imaging and biochemical and clinical monitoring of patients with acromegaly were enunciated, based on the available published evidence., Conclusions: The group developed a consensus on the approach to managing acromegaly including appropriate roles for neurosurgery, medical therapy, and radiation therapy in the management of these patients.
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- 2009
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