Successful pregnancy in a woman with acromegaly treated with somatostatin analog (octreotide) prior to surgical resection

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-73

  Mozas, J ^a   Ocon E ^a   Lopez De La Torre M ^a   Suarez A M ^a   Miranda, J A ^a   Herruzo, A J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Octreotide; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0344299140     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(98)00221-5     Document Type: Article

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