Endocrine Abstracts

Background: It is well-known that gonadal function is impaired in acromegalic females, due to several mechanisms.Aim and design: Retrospective survey of our series.Patients: Our electronic database encompassing data of 180 acromegalic patients collected over 30 years was searched, extracting first data of women (n=91) and then of females aged less than 50 years at diagnosis of acromegaly (n=34)....