ea0070aep776 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2020
Yuting Gao
, Liao Zhihong
, Du Qin
, Cai Ke
A 6-hour octreotide suppression test (OST) is useful in the selection of patients with acromegaly for chronic somatostatin depot analogues treatment. However, it is time consuming and that brings inconvenience to patients. We aim to simplify the blood sampling of OST, and determine the reliability of a short version of the classic 6-hour OST. The data provided in the supplementary tables of the primary manuscript were used to re-analyze the efficacies of the simplified OST tes...