Investigational therapies for acromegaly

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 955-963

  Grasso, Ludovica Fs ^a   Pivonello, Rosario ^a   Colao, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Cabergoline; Medical therapy; Pasireotide; Pegvisomant; Somatostatin analogs

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPEPTIN; CABERGOLINE; OCTREOLIN; OCTREOTIDE; PASIREOTIDE; PEGVISOMANT; PIOGLITAZONE; ROSIGLITAZONE; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACROMEGALY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLELITHIASIS; CUSHING DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

ACROMEGALY; DACARBAZINE; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES;

EID: 84880191515     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: 17447658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2013.805201     Document Type: Review

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