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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 | Crespo
Martín, Iris | Martínez Momblan, María Antonia | Santos Vives, Alicia | Sucunza Alfonso, Nuria | Valassi, Elena
Main lines of research
• Morbidity and mortality, low grade inflammation and cardiovascular disease risk of patients suffer- ing from acromegaly and Cushing’s syndrome.
• Neuroradiological, neuropsychiatric and hormo- nal correlation in patients with endogenous hy- percortisolism.
• Spanish Acromegaly Registry.
• Etiologyofcardiopathyinacromegalyanditsrela- tion to body composition.
• ERCUSYN: European Registry on Cushing’s Syn- drome. Maintenance and exploitation of this data- base which contains data on over 1200 patients and is the largest one ever on patients with this diagnosis.
• Role of telomeres in endocrine diseases. In collab- oracton with the group of J Surrallés U745.
• Internationalconsortiumcollaborationtoidentify genes and pathogenetic mechanisms involved in the development of craniopharyngiomas and pi- tuitary adenomas.
• Study of bone microarchitecture and resistance and their determining factors in Cushing syn- drome or acromegaly in remission. Model to in- vestigate the interaction bone- body fat.
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