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Granulation pattern, but not GSP or GHR mutation, is associated with clinical characteristics in somatostatin-naive patients with somatotroph adenomas.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Apr 2013
Larkin Sarah, Reddy Raghava, Karavitaki Niki, Cudlip Simon, Wass John, Ansorge Olaf
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OBJECTIVE: Somatotroph adenomas causing acromegaly are histologically classified into densely granulated (DG) and sparsely granulated (SG) subtypes with different morphology, clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes. Granulation pattern has been reported to co-segregate with a recurrent mutation at codon 49 in growth hormone receptor (GHR) and GSP oncogene. This study examines response to the octreotide...
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