Patient Characteristics, Diagnostic Delays, Treatment Patterns, Treatment Outcomes, Comorbidities, and Treatment Costs of Acromegaly in China: A Nationwide Study

Patient Characteristics, Diagnostic Delays, Treatment Patterns, Treatment Outcomes, Comorbidities, and Treatment Costs of Acromegaly in China: A Nationwide Study

PurposeAcromegaly is a rare, intractable endocrine disease. We aimed to describe the patient characteristics, diagnostic delays, treatment patterns, treatment outcomes, comorbidities and treatment costs of acromegaly in China.MethodsThis is a nationwide cross-sectional study. Patients diagnosed with...

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Main Authors: Xiaopeng Guo, Kailu Wang, Siyue Yu, Lu Gao, Zihao Wang, Huijuan Zhu, Bing Xing, Shuyang Zhang, Dong Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
acromegaly
diagnostic delay
treatment patterns
comorbidity
economic burden
China
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2020.610519/full

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