Pregnancy in acromegaly: Experience from two referral centers and systematic review of the literature

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-271

  Cheng, Sonia ^a   Grasso, Ludovica ^b   Martinez Orozco, Jose A ^a   Al Agha, Rany ^a   Pivonello, Rosario ^b   Colao, Annamaria ^b   Ezzat, Shereen ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; OCTREOTIDE; PEGVISOMANT; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MACROADENOMA; MACROSOMIA; MICROADENOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 84855424503     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04180.x     Document Type: Review

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