A Case Report of an Elderly Patient with Acromegaly

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 715-718

  Wada, Michiko ^a   Azuma, Hiroyuki ^a   Bando, Hiroshi ^a   Shintani, Yasumi ^a   Saito, Shiro ^a   Tamaki, Masaharu ^b   Arii, Hiroko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Tamaki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Advanced age; Octreotide

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GONADORELIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; PROTIRELIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCTREOTIDE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0030342386     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.43.715     Document Type: Article

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