Echocardiographic evidence for a direct effect of GH/IGF-I hypersecretion on cardiac mass and function in young acromegalics

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-106

  Minniti, G ^a   Jaffrain Rea, M L ^b,c   Moroni, C ^a   Baldelli, R ^a   Ferretti, E ^b   Cassone, R ^a   Gulino, A ^b   Tamburrano, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEART; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031871481     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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