High Prevalence of Vertebral Fractures Associated With Preoperative GH Levels in Patients With Recent Diagnosis of Acromegaly
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2022
Short description:
High Prevalence of Vertebral Fractures Associated With Preoperative GH Levels in Patients With Recent Diagnosis of Acromegaly / Frara, S., Melin Uygur, M., Di Filippo, L., Doga, M., Losa, M., Santoro, S., Mortini, P., Giustina, A.. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM. - ISSN 1945-7197. - 107:7(2022), pp. 2843-2850. [10.1210/clinem/dgac183]
abstract:
Osteopathy and morphometric vertebral fractures (VFs) are emerging complications in acromegaly. However, the prediction of VFs in this clinical setting is still a matter of uncertainty, and it is debated whether they are an early event in the natural history of the disease.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
List of contributors:
Frara, Stefano; Melin Uygur, Meliha; Di Filippo, Luigi; Doga, Mauro; Losa, Marco; Santoro, Simona; Mortini, Pietro; Giustina, Andrea
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