Treatment of Acromegaly: Are We Satisfied With the Current Outcome?
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Article history: Received 19 December 2014 Accepted 19 December 2014 Available online 20 December 2014 outcome in acromegaly, is the application of intraoperative imagingguided surgery, targeted at the GHRH receptor in acromegaly, as presently in the investigational stage for detection carcinoma remnants during surgery (Chi et al., 2014). Drugs for medical treatment of acromegaly are dopamine agonists, somatostatin analogs, GH-receptor-blocking agents, GH-receptor synthesis blocking agents, and GH-transcription blocking agents. At present
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