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ArticleCase reports in endocrinology2018

Successful Treatment of Acromegaly and Associated Hypogonadism with First-Line Clomiphene Therapy.

Juan D Palacios, Ricardo J Komotar, Atil Y Kargi

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Article in Case reports in endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fatigue in acromegaly patients: a scoping review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025
    Article
  2. Review
  3. Approach of Acromegaly during Pregnancy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Juan D PalaciosDiabetes & Endocrinology Institute at Renaissance, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1633-426X
Ricardo J KomotarDivision of Neurosurgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Atil Y KargiDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1907-6569
University of Miami · USRio Grande Bible Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clomiphene citrate (CC) has been reported as an effective add-on therapy to somatostatin analogs and dopamine agonists in patients with acromegaly accompanied by hypogonadism; its use as a single agent to treat acromegaly and associated hypogonadism following incomplete surgery has not been previously reported. We report the first case in which clomiphene was utilized as a single agent for the dual management of acromegaly and hypogonadism, not controlled by pituitary surgery alone. The treatment was well tolerated and proved to be effective after a process of treatment withdrawal and reintroduction. We propose that clomiphene may be considered as a cost-effective oral treatment option in select cases of hypogonadal acromegaly.

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PMID30046497
PMCPMC6038655
OpenAlexW2810818540

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