Healthcare utilization and costs among patients with acromegaly in the United States [PDF]
Journal of Comparative Effectiveness ResearchAim: Recent evidence regarding the healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and associated costs of acromegaly is limited. Materials & methods: This retrospective, cross-sectional administrative claims analysis (IQVIA Pharmetrics Plus) identified ...
Tiffany P Quock +8 more
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Clinical and economic burden among older adults with acromegaly in the United States [PDF]
Journal of Comparative Effectiveness ResearchAim: To compare healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and costs between older adults with and without acromegaly. Materials & methods: Using 2017–2022 100% Medicare Research Identifiable Files, we identified beneficiaries (≥65 years) with prevalent ...
Tiffany P Quock +7 more
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Epidemiology of acromegaly: review of population studies [PDF]
Pituitary, 2016 Niki Karavitaki
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Association of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness with Cardiovascular Risk in Acromegaly
Medeniyet Medical Journal, 2022 Objective: Acromegaly is a rare disease associated with increased mortality. Reports on coronary artery disease in acromegaly are controversial. This study aimed to investigate the possible association of epicardial adipose tissue thickness with ...
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Non-Invasive Assessment of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Cardiovascular Risk in Acromegaly Indicates Persistence of Cardiac Risks Despite Biochemical Disease Control. [PDF]
J Clin MedKaradeniz Y, Karakose M.
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Multiomics Approach to Acromegaly: Unveiling Translational Insights for Precision Medicine [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2023 The clinical characteristics and prognoses of acromegaly vary among patients. Assessment of current and novel predictors can lead to multilevel categorization of patients, allowing integration into new clinical guidelines and a reduction in the increased
Kyungwon Kim +2 more
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Old Wine in a New Bottle: Acromegaly Presenting as Diabetic Ketoacidosis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Acromegaly is a rare disease characterised by chronic excess of Growth Hormone (GH) levels. Insulin signalling is impaired, gluconeogenesis is excess and peripheral insulin resistance is increased in acromegaly causing hyperglycaemia and diabetes ...
Sowrabha Bhat +3 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of sleep breathing disorders in patients with acromegaly from Moscow region [PDF]
Терапевтический архив, 2018 Aim. Assessment of prevalence and risk factors of sleep breathing disorders in patients with acromegaly from Moscow region. Materials and methods. Cardiorespiratory monitoring was executed to 55 patients with acromegaly (18 men and 37 women): 27 patients
Yu A Kovaleva +4 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) are essential to normal growth, metabolism, and body composition, but in acromegaly, excesses of these hormones strikingly alter them.
Pamela U. Freda
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Ageing genetic signature of hypersomatotropism
Open Biology, 2021 Acromegaly is a pathological condition that is caused by over-secretion of growth hormone (GH) and develops primarily from a pituitary adenoma. Excess GH exposure over a prolonged period of time leads to a wide range of systemic manifestations and ...
Abdalla Elbialy
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