Some clues and pitfalls in the diagnosis of acromegaly

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 348-352

  Rizvi, Ali A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORDERS OF MINERAL, ELECTROLYTE AND METAL METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOSPHORUS METABOLISM DISORDERS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 17144368077     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.10.4.348     Document Type: Article

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