ea0029p1526 | Pituitary Clinical | ICEECE2012
Mykytuyk M.
, Khyzhnyak O.
, Sulima T.
, Karachentsev Y.
Introduction: Active acromegaly is associated with increased mortality, which has been attributed largely to cardiovascular disease.Aims: To evaluate the effects of chronic excess of GH and IGF1 on lipid metabolism in patients with active acromegaly.Subjects and methods: Ninety-seven patients (37 men and 60 women; aged 1876 years) with macroadenoma of hypophysis (67 somatotropinoma, 30 somatomammotropinoma) were...