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ea0032p846 | Pituitary – Clinical (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by IPSEN</emphasis>) | ECE2013

Characteristics of patients with pituitary gigantism: results of an international study

Rostomyan Liliya , Daly Adrian F. , Tichomirowa Maria , Naves Luciana A. , Shah Nalini , Chanson Philippe , Zacharieva Sabina , Stratskis Constantine A , Neggers Sebastian , Holdaway Ian , Stalla Gunter K. , Pronin Vyacheslav , Maiter Dominique , Bertherat Jerome , Colao Annamaria , Ilovaiskaya Irena , Ferone Diego , Zacharin Margaret , Salvatori Roberto , Beckers Albert

Aim: To analyse a large series of patients with pituitary gigantism.Materials and methods: We included in this multicentre study 158 patients (129 males) with pituitary adenoma (PA) or hyperplasia and current/previous abnormal, excessively rapid growth velocity for age or a final height greater than 2 SD above normal for their population. Data of patients were systematically recorded in case report forms.Results: The...

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ea0057021 | Cardiovascular complications in pituitary gigantism (results of an international study) | BES2018

Cardiovascular complications in pituitary gigantism (results of an international study)

Liliya Rostomyan , Adrian Daly , Nalini Shah , Luciana A Naves , Anne Barlier , Marie-Lise Jaffrain-Rea , Philippe Emy , Sebastian Neggers , Lecumberri Santamaria Beatriz , Ian Holdaway , Thierry Brue , Gunter Stalla , Roberto Salvatori , Yves Bertherat Jerome , Dominique Maiter , Margaret Zacharin , Anurag Lila , Silvia Filipponi , Satinath Mukhopadhyay , Tapani Ebeling , Marja Ojaniemi , I McCormack Ann , Outi Kuismin , Anne-Lise Lecoq , Mona Sahnoun-Fathallah , Caroline Jung-Sievers , Elena Malchiodi , Liudmila Rozhinskaya , Elena Nazzari , Sachin Mittal , Elisa Verrua , Ekaterina Sorkina , Alexander Dreval , France Devuyst , Ismene Bilbao , Simona Auriemma Renata , Palacios Garcia Nuria , Irena Ilovaiskaya , Vyacheslav Pronin , Annamaria Colao , Diego Ferone , Anna Spada , Patrick Petrossians , Paolo Beck-Peccoz , A Stratakis Constantine , Philippe Chanson , Albert Beckers

Background: Cardiovascular disease is an important cause of morbidity/mortality in chronic GH hypersecretion.Aim: To evaluate cardiovascular system in a large series of patients with pituitary gigantism. Standard case report forms were used with height assessments related to local country norms. Results: 151pts (123 male) with GH-excess and abnormal growth velocity for age or final height >2SD over local norms had complete data on cardiac assessments...

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Characteristics of patients with pituitary gigantism: results of an international study

Cardiovascular complications in pituitary gigantism (results of an international study)

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