Remission with Cabergoline in Adolescent Boys with Cushing’s Disease
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Remission with Cabergoline in Adolescent Boys with Cushing’s Disease
Cabergoline is a long-acting dopamine receptor agonist used for treatment of patients with uncured Cushing's disease (CD) and, as a first-line treatment, was used in only limited numbers of patients. This report presents two adolescent boys with CD who were treated with cabergoline. Two adolescent boys with clinical and laboratory findings of CD are presented. No pituitary adenoma was detected ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1308-5727
DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.1007