Guidelines for acromegaly management: an update.

Guidelines for acromegaly management: an update.

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....

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Հիմնական հեղինակներ: Melmed, S, Colao, A, Barkan, A, Molitch, M, Grossman, AB, Kleinberg, D, Clemmons, D, Chanson, P, Laws, E, Schlechte, J, Vance, M, Ho, K, Giustina, A
Ձևաչափ: Journal article
Լեզու:English
Հրապարակվել է: 2009
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Ամփոփում: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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