Acromegaly secondary to growth hormone releasing hormone secretion

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 215-216

  Agha, Amar ^a,b   Farrell, L ^a   Keeling, P ^a   Leen, E ^a   Sreenan, S ^a  

^a Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPEPTIN; BROMOCRIPTINE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR;

EID: 14844292562     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02914554     Document Type: Article

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