Pregnancy in acromegaly: Successful therapeutic outcome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 727-731

  Herman Bonert, Vivien ^a   Seliverstov, Maria ^a   Melmed, Shlomo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; BROMOCRIPTINE; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HORMONES; HUMANS; OCTREOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031732656     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.3.727     Document Type: Article

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