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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2018

Diabetes Secondary to Acromegaly: Physiopathology, Clinical Features and Effects of Treatment.

Francesco Ferraù, Adriana Albani, Alessandro Ciresi, Carla Giordano, Salvatore Cannavò

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Pegvisomant in managing comorbidities of acromegaly: a review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026
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  7. Acromegaly: diagnostic challenges and individualized treatment.Expert review of endocrinology & metabolism · 2025
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  14. Skeletal Muscle Evaluation in Patients With Acromegaly.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2024
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco FerraùDepartment of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood 'G. Barresi', University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Adriana AlbaniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Alessandro CiresiSection of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine (DIBIMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Carla GiordanoSection of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine (DIBIMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Salvatore CannavòDepartment of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood 'G. Barresi', University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
University of Messina · ITUniversity of Palermo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acromegaly is a rare disease due to chronic GH excess and to the consequent increase in IGF-1 levels. Both GH and IGF-1 play a role in intermediate metabolism affecting glucose homeostasis. Indeed, chronic GH excess impairs insulin sensitivity, increases gluconeogenesis, reduces the glucose uptake in adipose tissue and muscle and alters pancreatic β cells function. As a consequence, glucose metabolism alterations are a very frequent complication in acromegaly patients, further contributing to the increased cardiovascular risk and mortality. Treatment modalities of acromegaly differently impact on glucose tolerance. Successful surgical treatment of acromegaly ameliorates glucose metabolism abnormalities. Drugs used to treat acromegaly patients may

Indexed as

acromegalydiabetesGHglucose metabolismIGF-1impaired glucose tolerancepituitary tumor

Identifiers

PMID30034367
PMCPMC6043782
OpenAlexW2808199205

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