Is presurgical treatment with somatostatin analogs necessary in acromegalic patients?

J Endocrinol Invest. 1999 Dec;22(11):871-3. doi: 10.1007/BF03343662.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acromegaly / drug therapy
  • Acromegaly / surgery*
  • Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Octreotide / therapeutic use
  • Premedication*
  • Somatostatin / analogs & derivatives*

Substances

  • Hormones
  • Somatostatin
  • Octreotide