Fractures in pituitary adenoma patients from the Dutch National Registry of Growth Hormone Treatment in Adults
Purpose: The effects of growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy on fracture risk in adult GH deficient (GHD) patients with different etiologies of pituitary GHD are not well known, due to limited data. The aim of this study was to investigate characteristics and fracture occurrence at start of (baseline) and during long-term GH replacement therapy in GHD adults previously treated for Cushing’s disease (CD) or acromegaly, compared to patients with previous nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA). Methods: From the Dutch National Registry of Growth Hormone Treatment in Adults, a nationwide surve... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
Schlagwörter: | Acromegaly / Bone / Cushing’s disease / Fractures / Growth hormone / Growth hormone deficiency / Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26677977 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/89777 |