Metabolic glucose status and pituitary pathology portend therapeutic outcomes in acromegaly.

Metabolic glucose status and pituitary pathology portend therapeutic outcomes in acromegaly.

Acromegaly is frequently associated with impaired glucose tolerance and/or diabetes. To evaluate the relationship between glucose metabolism and acromegaly disease, we evaluated 269 consecutive patients from two referral centres.Clinical presentation, pituitary tumor size and invasiveness, and pitui...

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Main Authors: Sonia Cheng, Rany Al-Agha, Paula B Araujo, Omar Serri, Sylvia L Asa, Shereen Ezzat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3767813?pdf=render

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