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A woman with active acromegaly conceived following pituitary irradiation and during bromocriptine therapy. She was delivered by Caesarean section and a residual pituitary adenoma was subsequently removed trans-sphenoidally.
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O’Herlihy, C. Pregnancy in an acromegalic after bromocriptine therapy. IJMS 149, 281–282 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02939155
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