Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aim: Information on incidence and prevalence of acromegaly usually originates from studies performed in referral endocrine care centers, whose catchment areas do not generally cover the entire population. Administrative databases can provide key information to assess the impact of acromegaly on patients and health systems. Our study aimed at estimating the prevalence and incidence data of acromegaly stratified by age and sex using data obtained in the Piedmont r...