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. 2021 Aug;27(8):856-857.
doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2021.05.005. Epub 2021 May 21.

Acromegaly Management in a Tertiary Referral Center After 1 Year of the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic: A Double Challenge

Federico Gatto  1 , Keyvan Khorrami  2 , Federica Nista  2 , Giuliana Corica  2 , Diego Ferone  3
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Acromegaly Management in a Tertiary Referral Center After 1 Year of the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic: A Double Challenge

Federico Gatto et al. Endocr Pract. 2021 Aug.
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Impact of coronavirus 2019 pandemic on acromegaly management in a referral center for pituitary diseases in Northern Italy. Detailed representation of the number of on-site outpatient clinic evaluations per year performed on patients with acromegaly in 2019 and 2020 (A). Percentage of patients with biochemical control (defined as insulin-like growth factor [IGF]-1 levels below the age-adjusted upper limit of normal) for (B) all patients with a recorded IGF-1 measurement in 2019 or 2020 and (C) only patients with at least one IGF-1 measurement available in both 2019 and 2020).
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