Acromegaly or chronic renal failure: A diagnostic dilemma

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-226

  Wong, Newton A C S ^a   Ahlquist, James A O ^a   Camacho Hübner, Cecilia ^b   Goodwin, Christian J ^c   Dattani, Mehul ^c   Marshall, Nicholas J ^c   Wass, John A H ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; INTERMEDIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030950555     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.960911.x     Document Type: Article

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