ea0011p459 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006
Diacono F
, Pietrobono D
, Bassotti G
, Borgognoni L
, Di Sarra D
, Iuorio R
, Gargiulo P
, Tamburrano G
Objective: Acromegaly is a rare pituitary disease due to excessive secretion of GH. Insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common features in acromegaly. Seventy-four active acromegalic patients were retrospectively evaluated in order to determine the impact of family history for diabetes mellitus on glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and beta-cell function.Patients and methods: We studied 74 patients with ...