A consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly complications.

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Published in Pituitary on September 01, 2013

Authors

S Melmed1, F F Casanueva, A Klibanski, M D Bronstein, P Chanson, S W Lamberts, C J Strasburger, J A H Wass, A Giustina

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1: Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Room 2015, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA. Shlomo.Melmed@cshs.org

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