Daniel Cuevas-Ramos, John D Carmichael, Odelia Cooper, Vivien S Bonert, Arkadiusz Gertych, Adam N Mamelak, Shlomo Melmed
CONTEXT: GH-secreting pituitary adenomas exhibit heterogeneous natural history ranging from small tumors to large aggressive adenomas. OBJECTIVE: To rigorously classify an acromegaly patient cohort defined by clinical, radiological, histopathological, and outcome characteristics. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Tertiary referral pituitary center. PATIENTS: Subjects were selected from a pituitary tumor research registry that includes 1178 patients with pituitary disease...
January 2015: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism