Open AccessConventional Pituitary Irradiation Is Effective in Lowering Serum Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in Patients with Acromegaly
Author(s) -
P Jenkins,
Paul D. Bates,
Maggie Carson,
P Stewart,
J. A. H. Wass
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2005-1616
Subject(s) - acromegaly , growth hormone , medicine , endocrinology , insulin like growth factor , growth factor , hormone , receptor
There has been recent controversy as to the effectiveness of conventional pituitary irradiation in reducing circulating GH levels to less than 2.5 ng/ml and/or normalization of serum IGF-I.
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