Open AccessACROMEGALY. Case report
Author(s) -
E L Soyustova,
Союстова Елена Леонидовна
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
kliničeskaâ praktika
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.