New therapeutic agents for acromegaly

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 90-98

  Melmed, Shlomo ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ATL 1103; DG 3173; HEPTAPEPTIDE; OCTREOTIDE; PEGVISOMANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANGIOPEPTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS; ATL 227446; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CYCLOPEPTIDE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PTR 3173; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN;

ACROMEGALY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MICROCAPSULE; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADENOMA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADENOMA; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; OCTREOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN; RNA, ANTISENSE; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 84955191972     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2015.196     Document Type: Review

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