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Insulin-like factor 3 plasma levels in acromegaly before and after somatostatin analog treatment

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The present work was supported by the Grant No. CPDG033143 from the University of Padova.

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Pietro Maffei reports serving as an ad hoc consultant to Ipsen. All the other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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    Marco Rossato, Francesca Dassie, Valentina Silvestrin, Chiara Martini, Roberto Vettor & Pietro Maffei

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Rossato, M., Dassie, F., Silvestrin, V. et al. Insulin-like factor 3 plasma levels in acromegaly before and after somatostatin analog treatment. Endocrine 48, 705–708 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-014-0310-2

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