Acromegaly associated with Chiari-I malformation and polycystic ovary syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 803-807

  Hara, Masahiro ^a   Ichikawa, Kazuo ^a   Minemura, Kesami ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroaki ^a   Suzuki, Naomi ^a   Sakurai, Akihiro ^a   Nishii, Yutaka ^a   Hashizume, Kiyoshi ^a   Ohtsuka, Kuniyoshi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth hormone (GH) producing pituitary adenoma; Syringomyelia; Thoracic scoliosis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; SCOLIOSIS; SECRETION; SYRINGOMYELIA; VERTEBRA;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; SCOLIOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030255433     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.803     Document Type: Article

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