The place of medical treatment of acromegaly in Serbia: current status

  • Mirjana Doknić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia; Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Marko Stojanović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia; Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Belgrade, Serbia
Keywords: acromegaly, combined modality therapy, dopamine agonists, drug therapy, pasireotide, pegvisomant, radiotherapy, somatostatin, treatment outcome

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