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Acromegaly without acral anomalies [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Medical Practice, 2021
Early recognition of a pituitary secretor tumor offers a better prognostic; thus acromegaly might be recognized before the actual clinical picture of acromegaly is detectable.
Mara Carsote, Florica Sandru, Diana Elena Rentea, Claudia Mehedintu, Stefania Zugravu, Corina Chirita, Mihai Cristian Dumitrascu   +6 more
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Rheumatic manifestations of acromegaly [PDF]

Остеопороз и остеопатии, 2020
Acromegaly is a chronic endocrine disease characterized by excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH), which, in turn, leads to increased insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) secretion by the liver.
Taras S. Panevin, Lyudmila I. Alekseeva, Galina A. Melnichenko   +2 more
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Association of Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms With Activity of Acromegaly, Vitamin D Status and Risk of Osteoporotic Fractures in Acromegaly Patients

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019
Introduction: The vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is one of the most widely studied tumorigenesis-related genes. The primary objective of this study was assessment of possible roles of VDR gene polymorphisms in acromegaly, with regard to the activity of ...
Aleksandra Jawiarczyk-Przybyłowska, Jowita Halupczok-Żyła, Katarzyna Kolačkov, Łukasz Gojny, Agnieszka Zembska, Marek Bolanowski   +5 more
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Acromegaly presenting with myelopathy due to ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament: a case report

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background Acromegaly is a rare disease caused by high serum levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), often originating from a pituitary adenoma.
Daisuke Kamakura, Katsunori Fukutake, Kazumasa Nakamura, Shintaro Tsuge, Keiji Hasegawa, Naobumi Tochigi, Akihito Wada, Tetsuo Mikami, Hiroshi Takahashi   +8 more
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Heat Intolerance and Hyperhidrosis as the only Presenting Manifestations of Acromegaly: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Acromegaly is a state of Growth Hormone (GH) excess characterised by coarse facial features, acral enlargement, hyperhidrosis, headache, visual disturbances and visceromegaly. The most common cause of acromegaly is pituitary adenoma.
TN Kamalesh, HA VIJAYA SARATHY, NT SREEDEVI   +2 more
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Bone densitometry by radiofrequency echographic multi-spectrometry (REMS) in acromegaly patients

Endokrynologia Polska, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Radiofrequency echographic multi-spectrometry (REMS) is a recently introduced non-ionising technology employed in the evaluation of osteoporosis.
Małgorzata Rolla, Jowita Halupczok-Żyła, Aleksandra Jawiarczyk-Przybyłowska, Marek Bolanowski   +3 more
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Prevalence of acromegaly in patients with symptoms of sleep apnea.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Acromegaly is a rare disease with nonspecific symptoms with acral enlargement being almost universally present at diagnosis. The estimated prevalence is 40-125 cases/million but targeted universal screening studies have found a higher prevalence (about ...
Gemma Sesmilo, Eugenia Resmini, Marcel Sambo, Concepción Blanco, Fernando Calvo, Fernando Pazos, Pablo Fernández-Catalina, Purificación Martínez de Icaya, Concepción Páramo, Carmen Fajardo, Mónica Marazuela, Cristina Álvarez-Escolá, Juan Jose Díez, Verónica Perea, ACROSAHS study group   +14 more
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Serum Levels of Asprosin, a Novel Adipokine, Are Significantly Lowered in Patients with Acromegaly

International Journal of Endocrinology, 2020
Background. Asprosin is a novel identified adipokine secreted mainly by white adipose tissue, which is elevated in metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity.
Xiaoan Ke, Lian Duan, Fengying Gong, Yuelun Zhang, Kan Deng, Yong Yao, Linjie Wang, Hui Pan, Huijuan Zhu   +8 more
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Insulin Resistance in Patients With Acromegaly

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019
Acromegaly is characterized by chronic overproduction of growth hormone (GH) that leads to insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and, ultimately, diabetes. The GH-induced sustained stimulation of lipolysis plays a major role not only in the development
Greisa Vila, Jens Otto L. Jørgensen, Anton Luger, Günter K. Stalla   +3 more
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Polycystic ovary syndrome preceding the diagnosis of acromegaly: a retrospective study in 97 reproductive-aged women

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2023
Background Acromegaly is a disease of growth hormone excess that results in enlargement of extremities, abnormal glucose and lipid metabolism, and gonadal disruption. Manifestations of the disease are insidious and typically lead to a diagnostic delay of
Anamil M. Khiyami, Tahereh Orouji Jokar, Hussein M. Abdallah, Paul A. Gardner, Georgios A. Zenonos, Aaron K. Styer, Pouneh K. Fazeli   +6 more
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