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Hypertension and Acromegaly [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 2019 Hypertension is one of the most frequent complications in acromegaly, with a median frequency of 33.6% (range, 11%-54.7%). Although the pathogenesis has not been fully elucidated, it probably results from concomitant factors leading to expansion of extracellular fluid volume, increase of peripheral vascular resistance, and development of sleep apnea ...
Puglisi S, Terzolo M
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Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2017 A male patient presented at the age of 30 with classic clinical features of acromegaly and was found to have elevated growth hormone levels, not suppressing during an oral glucose tolerance test.
Nikolaos Kyriakakis +6 more
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Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1992 In the majority of cases, acromegaly is due to GH hypersecretion by a somatotroph pituitary tumor. The etiology of acromegaly is not known, and may be related to GHRH hypersecretion, intrinsic pituitary defect, or a combination thereof. Recent physiologic data and molecular biology techniques provide insights into the pathophysiology of this condition.
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Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj MedicinyBackground: Prevalence of hyperprolactinemia in patients with acromegaly is 30 to 40%. Since recently, the necessity of screening for acromegaly in hyperprolactinemic patients with pituitary adenoma has been actively debated. The literature on this issue
Yuliya A. Kukushkina +1 more
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Clinical Endocrinology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Detecting hypotonic urine (specific gravity < 1005 g/L) is crucial for the early identification of arginine vasopressin deficiency (AVP‐deficiency), a common complication after pituitary surgery. This study aimed to evaluate the agreement between urine specific gravity measurements taken by patients using urine test strips and those ...
Jeanne‐Marie Nollen +7 more
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Aneurysmal dilation of sinus of Valsalva in a patient with undiagnosed acromegaly
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message In patients presenting with aortic ectasia and myxomatous valve diseases at young ages, possible underlying acromegaly should be in mind. Abstract Acromegaly is a chronic systemic disease mainly caused by the benign pituitary adenoma
Hoda Gharoy +4 more
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An overview of insulin therapy for the non‐specialist
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.Abstract Nearly all health professionals, whatever their practice or speciality, now have contact with a significant number of insulin‐using people with diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes are nearly universally managed on more complex insulin regimens, increasingly with complex support technology, and with some understanding of the concepts ...
Philip D. Home
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Acromegaly and hypertension [PDF]
Jichu yixue yu linchuang, 2021 Acromegaly is usually caused by pituitary adenomas that secrete growth hormone (GH). The disease is prone to be complicated with hypertension and thus aggravates the state of the illness and increase the disease burden.
WANG Shu-chang, ZHU Hui-juan, PAN Hui
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Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Hyperhidrosis is an under‐reported and under‐treated condition that causes significant patient morbidity. Secondary causes require consideration, but the vast majority of cases are idiopathic. The condition is encountered by a range of clinicians, including neurologists, dermatologists and endocrinologists, and it pays to be familiar with the ...
Mitchell J. Lycett, Karl Ng
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JBMR Plus, 2019 Long‐standing growth hormone (GH) excess causes the skeletal clinical signs of acromegaly with typical changes in bone geometry, including increased cortical bone thickness (CBT).
Kristin Godang +8 more
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