Open AccessACROMEGALY. Case report
Author(s) -
E L Soyustova
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-8627
pISSN - 2220-3095
DOI - 10.17816/clinpract5366-70
Subject(s) - acromegaly , gigantism , medicine , growth hormone , endocrinology , overproduction , hormone , biology , gene , biochemistry
Acromegaly - a neuroendocrine pathology, caused by chronic overproduction of growth hormone. Chronic overproduction of somatotropin and insulin growth factor (IGF) is clinically expressed in gigantism or acromegaly. Acromegaly is accompanied by various metabolic disorders, lesions of cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
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