Growth-hormone and prolactin excess

A Colao, G Lombardi - The Lancet, 1998 - thelancet.com
The treatment of acromegaly and hyperprolactinaemia has been improved by the availability
of effective and welltolerated slow-release somatostatin analogues and dopamine agonists …

Transsphenoidal microsurgery for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas: initial outcome and long-term results

A Abosch, JB Tyrrell, KR Lamborn… - The Journal of …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Treatment of acromegaly has long been recognized as necessary to relieve symptoms, halt
progression of deformities, and decompress the sella turcica. More recently, treatment …

Prevalence of hypertension in acromegalic patients: clinical measurement versus 24‐hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

G Minniti, C Moroni, ML Jaffrain‐Rea… - Clinical …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE Hypertension is thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of
acromegalic cardiomyopathy. So far, hypertension has been defined by clinical …