Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Octreotide on Tumor Mass in Acromegaly

BACKGROUND: The long-acting somatostatin analogue octreotide is used either as an adjuvant or primary therapy to lower growth hormone (GH) levels in patients with acromegaly and may also induce pituitary tumor shrinkage. OBJECTIVE: We performed a meta-analysis to accurately assess the effect of octr...

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Main Authors: Giustina, Andrea, Mazziotti, Gherardo, Torri, Valter, Spinello, Maurizio, Floriani, Irene, Melmed, Shlomo
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Public Library of Science 2012
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3344864/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22574156
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036411
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