Acromegaly associated with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-691

  Kanazawa, Ippei ^a   Yamaguchi, Toru ^a   Yamane, Yuko ^a   Murakami, Norio ^a   Kato, Yuzuru ^a   Sugimoto, Toshitsugu ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor I; MGUS; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; M PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES, BENIGN; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750633688     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K05-173     Document Type: Article

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