Medical Treatment of Acromegaly: Comorbidities and Their Reversibility by Somatostatin Analogs

Relief of symptoms can be achieved following surgery for growth hormone (GH)-secreting adenomas, as well as after pharmacological therapy with somatostatin analogs. Recently, long-acting somatostatin analog depot formulations, octreotide LAR and lanreotide SR have become available. Somatostatin anal...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neuroendocrinology 2006-01, Vol.83 (3-4), p.249-257
Hauptverfasser:	Tolis, George, Angelopoulos, Nicholas G., Katounda, Eugenia, Rombopoulos, Grigorios, Kaltzidou, Victoria, Kaltsas, Dimitrios, Protonotariou, Anthi, Lytras, Aristides
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acromegaly - blood Acromegaly - complications Acromegaly - drug therapy Acromegaly - surgery Adenoma - blood Adenoma - complications Adenoma - drug therapy Adenoma - surgery Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal - therapeutic use Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Carbohydrate Metabolism - drug effects Carbohydrate Metabolism - physiology Cardiology. Vascular system Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance Experimental diseases Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Human Growth Hormone - blood Humans Hypertension - complications Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - prevention & control Hypogonadism - complications Hypogonadism - drug therapy Hypogonadism - prevention & control Hypothalamus. Hypophysis. Epiphysis (diseases) Joint Diseases - complications Joint Diseases - drug therapy Joint Diseases - prevention & control Medical sciences Non tumoral diseases. Target tissue resistance. Benign neoplasms Octreotide - therapeutic use Peptides, Cyclic - therapeutic use Pituitary Neoplasms - blood Pituitary Neoplasms - complications Pituitary Neoplasms - drug therapy Pituitary Neoplasms - surgery Reviews Sleep Apnea Syndromes - complications Sleep Apnea Syndromes - drug therapy Sleep Apnea Syndromes - prevention & control Somatostatin - analogs & derivatives Somatostatin - therapeutic use Vertebrates: endocrinology
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