Long‐term outcome and mortality after transsphenoidal adenomectomy for acromegaly
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- 7 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 58 (1) , 86-91
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01679.x
Abstract
Objective Acromegaly has long been associated with increased mortality but few long‐term follow‐up data are available in patients treated for this disease. We therefore studied a group of 103 patient...Keywords
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