PITUITARY GLAND Mortality in acromegaly reduced with multimodal therapy

被引:6
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作者
Biermasz, Nienke R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Leiden Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Endocrinol, Ctr Endocrine Tumors, NL-2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands
关键词
IGF-I; METAANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;
D O I
10.1038/nrendo.2014.193
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The treatment of patients with acromegaly has progressed to encompass multimodal strategies that can include selective transsphenoidal adenomectomy, radiotherapy and somatostatin analogues. As a result, disease control and survival of these patients has improved.
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页码:708 / 709
页数:2
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