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Expression of somatostatin receptors on human pituitary adenomas in vivo and ex vivo
The distribution and biologic activity of somatostatin receptor subtypes (SSTR) in pituitary adenomas is not clarified, especially regarding clinically non-functioning adenomas (NFPA). We therefore characteriz...
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EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT GH DOSES ON THYROID METABOLISM, ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND BODY COMPOSITION IN THYROXINE SUBSTITUTED GH DEFICIENT PATIENTS
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of different doses of GH on thyroid metabolism, body composition and energy expenditure in GH deficient patients.
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Reduction in sella turcica volume
Ten patients with acromegaly were treated with the long-acting somatostatin analogue, Sandostatin (SMS 201-995, octreotide) for more than one year. Computerized tomography was performed before and on 4 differe...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Observations During a Clinical Trial of Sandostatin® in Acromegalic Patients
Ten acromegalic patients were studied over a period of 75 weeks. Four had had one or more attempted ablations of their pituitary adenoma, six were previously untreated or had been unsuccessfully treated with b...
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Suppression of the night increase in serum TSH during development of ketosis in diabetic patients
The alterations in metabolic parameters, circulating iodothyronines and serum TSH were studied during a 81 h period of insulin withdrawal in 6 young patients with juvenile type diabetes mellitus. Concomitant w...
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Plasma prolactin in juvenile diabetics
In normal subjects during 24-hours saline infusion, plasma prolactin showed a number of small rises during day and night. The mean night-time level was significantly higher than the day-time level (8.2 ±0.6 ng...
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Serum thyrotropin during daily life and in response to thyrotropin releasing hormone in normal subjects and juvenile diabetics
Serum thyrotropin (TSH) and growth hormone (GH) were measured in 24 women and 25 men with juvenile diabetes and in comparable normals. Samples were obtained in the postprandial state at 11 a.m., during a 24 h ...