Open AccessACROMEGALY AND PREGNANCY (review and own observations)
Author(s) -
Myroslava Mykytyuk
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
problemi endokrinnoï patologìï
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.141
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2518-1432
pISSN - 2227-4782
DOI - 10.21856/j-pep.2013.1.11
Subject(s) - acromegaly , pregnancy , fetus , medicine , organism , growth hormone , hormone , pituitary adenoma , endocrinology , physiology , adenoma , biology , paleontology , genetics
It is presented the review of the literature concerning diagnostics acromegaly during pregnancy, tactics of conducting pregnant women with acromegaly, consequences influence of high levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (ILF-1) on the organism of mother and foetus, pregnancy on progressing adenoma of hypophysis and secretion GH and ILF-1 and influences of various methods of the treatment on the organism of mother and foetus. There are situations of pregnancy in women with acromegaly of their own clinical practice.