METABOLIC ASPECTS OF ACROMEGALY AND ITS TREATMENT

Authors
QUABBE HJ PLOCKINGER U
Citation
Hj. Quabbe et U. Plockinger, METABOLIC ASPECTS OF ACROMEGALY AND ITS TREATMENT, Metabolism, clinical and experimental, 45(8), 1996, pp. 61-62
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Metabolism, clinical and experimental → ACNP
ISSN journal
00260495
Volume
45
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
1
Pages
61 - 62
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-0495(1996)45:8<61:MAOAAI>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Growth hormone (GH) affects virtually all facets of metabolism. This r eview concentrates on the effects of GH excess on carbohydrate, lipid, and bone metabolism, and on body composition. The effect of treatment with the somatostatin analog, octreotide, on the gastrointestinal-pan creatic axis is also discussed. Copyright (C) 1996 by W.B. Saunders Co mpany.