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RESEARCH GROUPS
Group U747
Programme: Endocrine Medicine
Lead Researcher: Webb, Susan Group Members
STAFF MEMBERS: Resmini, Eugenia
ASSOCIATED MEMBERS: Aulinas Maso, Anna | Badia Llach, Xavier | Barahona Costanzo, María José | Cres- po Martín, Iris | Martínez Momblan, María Antonia | Santos Vives, Alicia | Sucunza Alfonso, Nuria | Valassi, Elena | Ybarra Muñoz, Juan
Main lines of research
• Morbidity and mortality, low grade inflammation and cardiovascular disease risk of patients suffering from acromegaly and Cushing’s syndrome .
• Neuroradiological, neuropsychiatric and hormonal correlation in patients with endogenous hypercor- tisolism .
• Spanish Acromegaly Registry .
• Neuromyopathy due to adult GH deficiency as a model of muscle atrophy .
• Etiology of cardiopathy in acromegaly and its relation to body composition .
• ERCUSYN: European Registry on Cushing’s Syndrome . Maintenance and exploitation of this database which contains data on over 900 patients and is the largest one ever on patients with this diagnosis .
• Role of telomeres in endocrine diseases . In collaboracton with the group of J Surrallés U745 . • Study of bone microarchitecture and resistance and their determining factors in Cushing syndrome or
acromegaly in remission . Model to investigate the interaction bone- body fat .
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