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ReviewJournal of endocrinological investigation2008

Guidelines for the treatment of growth hormone excess and growth hormone deficiency in adults.

A Giustina, A Barkan, P Chanson, A Grossman, A Hoffman, E Ghigo, F Casanueva, A Colao, S Lamberts, M Sheppard and 3 more

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Review in Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Acromegaly complications: an update.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026
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  13. GH Replacement in the Elderly: Is It Worth It?Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021
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  20. Pegvisomant in acromegaly: an update.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 11 institutions in 6 countries.

A GiustinaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. a.giustina@libero.it
A Barkan
P Chanson
A Grossman
A Hoffman
E Ghigo
F Casanueva
A Colao
S Lamberts
M Sheppard
S Melmed
Pituitary Society
European Neuroendocrine Association
Bicêtre Hospital · FRBrescia University · USCedars-Sinai Medical Center · USComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago · ESErasmus MC · NLFederico II University Hospital · ITQueen Mary University of London · GBStanford University · USUniversity of Birmingham · GBUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Turin · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The V Consensus Group Meeting on 'Guidelines for Treatment of GH Excess and GH Deficiency in the Adult' was an international workshop held on February 20-22, 2006 in Santa Monica, California, USA. The principal aim of this meeting was to provide guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of adults with either form of abnormal GH secretion: GH excess or GH deficiency. The workshop included debates as to the choice of primary treatment, discussions of the targets for adequate treatment, and concluded with presentations on open issues germane to adult GH treatment including the role of GH in malignancies, the impact of longterm treatment on bone, and a cost-benefit analysis. The meeting was comprised of 66 delegates representing 13 different countries.

Indexed as

AcromegalyAdultFemaleGuidelines as TopicHuman Growth HormoneHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3Insulin-Like Growth Factor IMaleHuman Growth HormoneInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3Insulin-Like Growth Factor I

Identifiers

PMID18997495
OpenAlexW1967507952

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.