ea0025oc3.1 | Pituitary and thyroid | SFEBES2011
Halsall David
, Kay Richard
, Taylor Kevin
, Annamalai Anand
, Kandasamy Narayanan
, Wark Gwen
, Pleasance Steve
, Gurnell Mark
Background: The recently published Consensus on Criteria for Cure of Acromegaly (Giustina et al. JCEM, 2010) highlighted concerns regarding the quality of currently available insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) immunoassays which may contribute, at least in part, to the discordance between GH and IGF1 that is observed in up to 30% of patients with acromegaly after treatment. The development of mass spectroscopy (MS)-based technology has been proposed ...