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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| author | 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 |
| author_facet | 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 |
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| description | 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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| spelling | oxford-uuid:91e86faa-2f65-4c1a-859c-0437205cafa72022-03-26T23:21:49ZGuidelines for acromegaly management: an update.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:91e86faa-2f65-4c1a-859c-0437205cafa7EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Melmed, SColao, ABarkan, AMolitch, MGrossman, ABKleinberg, DClemmons, DChanson, PLaws, ESchlechte, JVance, MHo, KGiustina, A 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. |
| spellingShingle | 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 Guidelines for acromegaly management: an update. |
| title | Guidelines for acromegaly management: an update. |
| title_full | Guidelines for acromegaly management: an update. |
| title_fullStr | Guidelines for acromegaly management: an update. |
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| title_short | Guidelines for acromegaly management: an update. |
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