Clinical assessment of patients with acromegaly
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The therapeutic efficacy of the combination of cyproheptadine and bromocriptine was studied in 15 patients with active acromegaly showing incomplete GH suppression in response to bromocriptine therapy alone. The mean basal plasma GH was 31.3±5.5 µg/L, and it decreased to 19.0±3.9 µg/L during the single bromocriptine therapy (10-20 mg for 2 to 21 months). When cyproheptadine (12 to 16 mg for 8 t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1735-1995
DOI: 10.4103/jrms.jrms_139_17