PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Wilke, William S.
AU  - Barkan, Ariel L.
TI  - New options for diagnosing and treating acromegaly
DP  - 1998 Jul 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 343--349
VI  - 65
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/7/343.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/7/343.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1998 Jul 01; 65
AB  - Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is the final pathway of the growth hormone cascade, and is a better clinical measure of acromegaly than growth hormone itself. In patients with acromegaly, medical treatment w i t h a somatostatin analog normalizes growth hormone and IGF-1 levels and produces clinical improvement quickly.