"Acromegaly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excessive HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in adults. It is characterized by bony enlargement of the FACE; lower jaw (PROGNATHISM); hands; FEET; HEAD; and THORAX. The most common etiology is a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp79-80)
| Descriptor ID |
D000172
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.132.082 C10.228.140.617.738.250.100 C19.700.355.179
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| Concept/Terms |
Acromegaly- Acromegaly
- Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
- Hypersecretion Syndrome, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
- Hypersecretion Syndromes, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
- Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndromes (Acromegaly)
- Syndrome, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
- Syndromes, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
- Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
- Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acromegaly" by people in Profiles.
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The utility of metabolic testing in the diagnosis of residual and recurrent acromegaly. World Neurosurg. 2014 Sep-Oct; 82(3-4):327-8.
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Pattern of adrenal morphology and function in patients with acromegaly. Eur J Clin Invest. 2012 Mar; 42(3):275-81.
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Diagnosis of acromegaly in a patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Endocr Pract. 2002 Mar-Apr; 8(2):113-8.
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Traumatic postsurgical aneurysm of the intracavernous carotid artery: a delayed presentation. Surg Neurol. 1982 Jul; 18(1):54-7.
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Serum testosterone as an index of gonadotrophin secretion in acromegaly and pituitary disease. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh). 1970 Oct; 65(2):302-8.
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Disappearance rate of endogenous and exogenous human growth hormone in man. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1970 Mar; 30(3):386-92.