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Dear colleagues,
ICE 2020 will be a worldwide event, gathering more than 5,000 delegates and leaders from different endocrinology fields, becoming an excellent opportunity for best-practice exchanges between colleagues.
Bringing together the leading experts, researchers and the most respected clinicians, ICE 2020 will represent a convergence of practice and science that will highlight and reflect the latest advances in the field.
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Trivia solution: b) Oral glucose tolerance test + Growth hormone measurement.
Serum IGF 1 measurement is useful to screen for acromegaly however is not ideal for diagnosis. Measuring growth hormone alone is not useful as it is secreted in a pulsatile matter, therefore, levels vary greatly throughout the day. The oral glucose tolerance test combined with growth hormone measurement is the ideal combination of investigations to make the diagnosis.
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#TriviaTuesday: Which of the following investigations is the gold standard for diagnosing acromegaly?
a) Growth hormone measurement
b) Oral glucose tolerance test + Growth hormone measurement
c) Growth hormone-releasing hormone measurement
d) Serum IGF1 measurement
#TBT to the 16th International Congress of Endocrinology which was jointly held with the 96th Endocrine Society Annual Meeting and EXPO in Chicago, USA, from 21-24 June 2014. More than 10,000 registrants representing 96 countries travelled to Chicago to attend ICE/ENDO 2014. The four-day program covered endocrinology from bench to bedside to wellness. Among the many notable speakers at ICE/ENDO, the plenary slate featured experts in diabetes and obesity, metabolism, bone health and thyroid cancer. Read more about it here: bit.ly/2mkS5Cc
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Boquete, Hugo
Chairman
Sánchez, Ariel
Vice Chair
Pusiol, Eduardo
Vice Chair
Sedlinsky, Claudia
Secretary
Juvenal, Guillermo
Undersecretary
Lutfi, Rubén
Treasurer
Schwarzstein, Diego
Undertreasurer
Webb, Susan
Co-chairSánchez, Ariel
Co-chair
Alevizaki, Maria MD, PHD
Arslanian, Silva
Baillargeon, Jean Patrice
Christ Crain, Mirjam
Hall, Janet
J Cole, Timothy
Lim, Vivien
Newell Price, John
Pearce, Simon
Takahashi, Yutaka
Arias, Pablo
Bergoglio, Liliana
Brenta, Gabriela
Fideleff, Hugo
Gagliardino, Juan José
Knoblovits, Pablo
Massheimer, Virginia
Seilicovich, Adriana
Brajkovich, Imperia E.
Casas, Luz Ángela
Hernández, Eric
Lyra, Ruy
Mercado, Moisés
Piñeyro, Mercedes
Sapunar Zenteno, Jorge
Tala, Hernán
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