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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Acromegaly"”.
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Outcomes and optimal treatment of patients with Acromegaly
This thesis defines mortality in acromegaly in a modern patient cohort, elucidates underlying explanations for the increased mortality and explores the impact of treatment, focussing on somatostatin analogue therapy. Results confirm there remains a 30% increase in mortality in patients with …
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NODULI TIROIDEI NELL'ACROMEGALIA: RUOLO DELL'ELASTOSONOGRAFIA
… tool for the diagnosis of thyroid cancer. In acromegaly multinodular goiter is a common occurrence while the prevalence of thyroid cancer is still debated. Aims were to evaluate thyroid nodules in acromegaly and to establish the accuracy of US-E in providing information on their nature, using …
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Optimisation of molecular imaging using 11C-methionine PET in the detection of pituitary adenomas
… PAs, and in patients with residual acromegaly due to parasellar disease extension. In chapters four and five, two prospective studies describe novel approaches to image optimisation using biochemical suppression of 11C-met-PET signal in normal, and in adenomatous pituitary tissue, …
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Molecular biology and biochemistry of brain tumours
… of developing GH-secreting tumours and therefore acromegaly. Further findings of this study, using PCR and direct sequencing, were the demonstration of an association between b-catenin gene alterations and craniopharyngiomas of the adamantinomatous type. Since this gene product is involved with …
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MR-tomografisches Langzeit-Follow-up GH-produzierender Hypophysenadenome unter Pegvisomant-Therapie. Eine prospektive Studie.
Zusätzlich zu den bisher verfügbaren Therapien bietet Pegvisomant einen neuen Ansatz in der Behandlung der Akromegalie. Die Tumorvolumetrie ist hierbei von besonderer Bedeutung. Das Ausschließen einer therapieinduzierten Volumen¬zunahme der Hypophysenadenome durch den fehlenden IGF-1 …