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Department of Internal Medicine/Endocrine Section (A.G.), University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.B.), Ann Arbor, Michigan; Endocrine Section, Department of Medicine, Santiago de Compostela University (F.F.C.), Spain; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ospedale San Luca, University of Milan (F.C.), Milan, Italy; Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (L.F.), Chicago, Illinois; Department of Endocrinology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St. Vincents Hospital (K.H.), Sydney, Australia; Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia School of Medicine (J.V.), Charlottesville, Virginia; Department of Endocrinology, Radcliffe Infirmary (J.W.), Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine, Schlosspark Klinik (K.v.W.), Berlin, Germany; and Cedars-Sinai Research Institute, University of CaliforniaLos Angeles School of Medicine (S.M.), Los Angeles, California 90048
Address correspondence and requests for reprints to: Shlomo Melmed, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,8700 Beverly Boulevard, Room 2015, Los Angeles, California 90048. E-mail: melmed{at}csmc.edu
In February 1999, a workshop was held in Cortina, Italy to develop a consensus defining the criteria for cure of acromegaly. The workshop was sponsored by the University of Brescia and hosted by the Italian Society of Endocrinology. Invited international participants included endocrinologists, neurosurgeons, and radiotherapists skilled in the management of acromegaly. This statement summarizes the consensus achieved in these discussions.
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