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Results of endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery in 40 patients with a growth hormone-secreting macroadenoma by Wagenmakers, Margreet Albertina E. M., Netea-Maier, Romana T., van Lindert, Erik J., Pieters, Gerlach F. F. M., Grotenhuis, André J. A., Hermus, Ad R. M. M.

“…Objective Transsphenoidal pituitary surgery (TS) is the primary treatment of choice for patients with acromegaly. Macroadenomas (>1 cm) are more difficult to…”
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Gender Differences in rhGH-Induced Changes in Body Composition in GH-Deficient Adults by Span, Jan P. T., Pieters, Gerlach F. F. M., Sweep, Fred G. J., Hermus, Ad R. M. M., Smals, Anthony G. H.

“…In GH-deficient adults, rhGH has pronounced effects on total body water, fat free mass, and fat mass. Recently, we observed a gender difference in IGF-I…”
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18F-FDG PET Reduces Unnecessary Hemithyroidectomies for Thyroid Nodules with Inconclusive Cytologic Results by de Geus-Oei, Lioe-Fee, Pieters, Gerlach F.F.M, Bonenkamp, Johannes J, Mudde, Aart H, Bleeker-Rovers, Chantal P, Corstens, Frans H.M, Oyen, Wim J.G

“…Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is inconclusive in up to 20% of patients with solitary thyroid nodules. In these cases, hemithyroidectomy is necessary,…”
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Epilepsy, broken bones, and fatty stools by Drenth, Joost PH, Pieters, Gerlach FFM, Hermus, Ad RMM

“…Drenth et al highlight the case of a 67-year-old farmer who was admitted to the hospital because of suspicion of osteomalacia. Malabsorption of calcium and…”
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Transition from pituitary-dependent to adrenal-dependent Cushing's syndrome by Hermus, A R, Pieters, G F, Smals, A G, Pesman, G J, Lamberts, S W, Benraad, T J, van Haelst, U J, Kloppenborg, P W

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The Neurologic Basis of Fever by MacKenzie, M A, Pieters, G F, Hermus, A R

“…To the Editor: Saper and Breder provide a comprehensive review of the neurologic basis of fever (June 30 issue). 1 Thermoregulation involves a complex…”
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Circulating adrenaline is not involved in the circadian blood pressure profile by van der Steen, M S, Lenders, J W, den Arend, J, Pieters, G F, Thien, T, de Leeuw, P W

“…Circadian changes in blood pressure are paralleled by analogous circadian changes in plasma catecholamines: blood pressure, plasma noradrenaline and adrenaline…”
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IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE: A Medical Mystery-Which Twin Is the Patient? by Nieuwlaat, Willy-Anne, Pieters, Gerlach

“…Editor's note: We invite our readers to submit their answers atwww.nejm.org/mystery…”
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A Medical Mystery — Which Twin Is the Patient? by Nieuwlaat, Willy-Anne, Pieters, Gerlach

“…Which of these 50-year-old identical twins is the patient, and what is the diagnosis? Which of these 50-year-old identical twins is the patient? And what is…”
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Favourable response of a virilizing adrenocortical carcinoma to preoperative treatment with ketoconazole and postoperative chemotherapy by Kruimel, J W, Smals, A G, Beex, L V, Swinkels, L M, Pieters, G F, Kloppenborg, P W

“…A 25-year-old woman presented with an extensive adrenocortical carcinoma with severe virilization and mild Cushing's syndrome. In the tumour there was a…”
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Responsivity of adrenocorticotropin to corticotropin-releasing hormone and lack of suppressibility by dexamethasone are related phenomena in Cushing's disease by Hermus, A R, Pieters, G F, Pesman, G J, Smals, A G, Benraad, T J, Kloppenborg, P W

“…The ACTH and cortisol responses to 100 micrograms ovine corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in 19 consecutive patients with Cushing's disease were compared…”
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Lack of antibody formation during long-term subcutaneous treatment with the somatostatin analogue octreotide in acromegaly by van Liessum, P A, Swinkels, L M, Pieters, G F, Ross, A A, Smals, A G, Benraad, T J, Kloppenborg, P W

“…Serum samples from 13 patients with active acromegaly on long-term sc treatment with octreotide (SMS 201-995, 1-36 months, mean daily dose 285 micrograms) were…”
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Cetrorelix suppression test in the diagnostic work-up of severe hyperandrogenism in adolescence by de Man, Marian, Derksen, Esther, Pieters, Gerlach, de Boer, Hans

“…Conventional diagnostic procedures failed to provide a definitive diagnosis in a 15 year-old girl presenting with severe hirsutism, oligomenorrhea, and…”
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Medical Mystery — The Answer by Nieuwlaat, Willy-Anne, Pieters, Gerlach

“…To the Editor: The medical mystery in the July 1 issue 1 involved 50-year-old identical twins (Figure 1A). The patient is the twin on the left side of the…”
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Role of adrenaline in the short-term upregulation of beta-adrenoceptors in essential hypertensive and adrenalectomized females by Graafsma, S J, Lenders, J W, Peters, J H, van Tits, L J, Pieters, G F, Rodrigues de Miranda, J F, Thien, T

“…The effect of mental arithmetic on beta 2-adrenoceptors on lymphocytes, as measured by (-)125I-iodocyanopindolol binding, was studied in normotensive and…”
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Single-dose response study of the somatostatin analogue octreotide in acromegaly by van Liessum, P A, Pieters, G F, Smals, A G, Hermus, A R, Benraad, T J, Kloppenborg, P W

“…The recommended dosage schedules for intermittent sc therapy with the somatostatin analogue octreotide in acromegaly vary widely, from 100 to 1500 micrograms…”
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Plasma cortisol response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in Cushing's disease by Pieters, G F, Smals, A G, Benraad, T J, Kloppenborg, P W

“…In 3 of 6 patients with pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease, a paradoxical increase of plasma cortisol was observed both after LRH (delta max, 13.9 +/- 3.7…”
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Gender differences in rhGH-induced changes in body composition in GH-deficient adults by SPAN, Jan P. T, PIETERS, Gerlach F. F. M, SWEEP, Fred G. J, HERMUS, Ad R. M. M, SMALS, Anthony G. H

“…In GH-deficient adults, rhGH has pronounced effects on total body water, fat free mass, and fat mass. Recently, we observed a gender difference in IGF-I…”
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Indirect evidence of chronic Leydig cell desensitization in Klinefelter's syndrome by Smals, A G, Pieters, G F, Kloppenborg, P W

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Instant growth inhibition by low dose oestrogens in excessively tall boys by van den Bosch, J S, Smals, A G, Pieters, G F, Valk, I M, Kloppenborg, P W

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