Cardiovascular aspects in acromegaly: Effects of treatment

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages 57-60

  Lombardi, Gaetano ^a   Colao, Annamaria ^b   Ferone, Diego ^b   Marzullo, Paolo ^b   Landi, Maria Luisa ^b   Longobardi, Salvatore ^b   Iervolino, Emilia ^b   Cuocolo, Alberto ^b   Fazio, Serafino ^b   Merola, Bartolomeo ^b   Sacca, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING;

EID: 10444230322     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(96)90083-9     Document Type: Article

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