Octreotide LAR vs. surgery in newly diagnosed patients with acromegaly: a randomized, open-label, multicentre study.

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Published in Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) on October 06, 2008

Authors

Annamaria Colao1, Paolo Cappabianca, Philippe Caron, Ernesto De Menis, Andrew J Farrall, Monica R Gadelha, Abdel Hmissi, Aled Rees, Martin Reincke, Mitra Safari, Guy T'Sjoen, Hakim Bouterfa, Ross C Cuneo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology, Section of Endocrinology, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy. colao@unina.it

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