Title : Long-term treatment of acromegalic patients resistant to somatostatin analogues with the GH receptor antagonist pegvisomant: its efficacy in relation to gender and previous radiotherapy.

Pub. Date : 2009 Apr

PMID : 19147599






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1 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of pegvisomant treatment in resistant acromegalic patients (e.g. serum IGF1 at least 1.25 x upper normal limit) in a clinical setting and the factors conditioning this response. pegvisomant insulin like growth factor 1 Homo sapiens