Presurgical octreotide: Treatment in acromegaly

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages 72-74

  Stevenaert, Achille ^a,b   Beckers, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029786231     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(96)90088-8     Document Type: Article

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