Remission criteria for the follow-up of patients with acromegaly

Gullu, S; Keles, H; Delibasi, T; Tonyukuk, V; Kamel, N; Erdogan, G

doi:10.1530/eje.0.1500465

Remission criteria for the follow-up of patients with acromegaly

Gullu S., Keles H., Delibasi T., Tonyukuk V., Kamel N., Erdogan G.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, cilt.150, sa.4, ss.465-471, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 150 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2004
Doi Numarası: 10.1530/eje.0.1500465
Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.465-471
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objective: The aim was to evaluate the validity of current remission criteria in acromegaly. a random GH level of < 2.5 mug/l, a glucose-suppressed GH level of < 1 mug/l and a normal IGF-I level. Design: In forty-one patients treated for acromegaly (23 males and 18 females, 20 - 69 years) and 94 healthy subjects (50 males and 44 females, 20-78 years), basal GH and IGF-I levels and nadir GH levels after 75 g oral glucose were evaluated in decade blocks; these were assayed by sensitive immunoradiometric assays.