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ea0056oc13.1 | The curious case of growth hormone | ECE2018

Postoperative use of somatostatin analogs and mortality in patients with acromegaly

Postma Mark R , Wolters Thalijn LC , van den Berg Gerrit , van Herwaarden Antonius E , Kobold Anneke C Muller , Sluiter Wim J , Wagenmakers Margreet A , van den Bergh Alfons CM , Wolffenbuttel Bruce HR , Hermus Ad RMM , Netea-Maier Romana T , van Beek Andre P

Objective: To assess the effect of somatostatin analogs (SSTA) on mortality in relation to metabolic control of acromegaly after pituitary surgery.Design: A retrospective study in two large tertiary referral centers in The Netherlands.Patients and methods: Three hundred and nineteen patients with acromegaly in whom pituitary surgery was performed as primary therapy between January 1980 and July 2017 were included (total follow-up: ...

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Postoperative use of somatostatin analogs and mortality in patients with acromegaly

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