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Significant morbidity and mortality follow feeding enterostomies, but the majority of patients benefit and can return to their previous residence. Am J Surg. 1999;178:406-410. 1999 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.
Using strict rules of remission, in our cohort we found both a normalisation of IGF-I and safe GH levels in 34% of patients treated for acromegaly with conventional irradiation therapy.