Is insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) playing a role for aneurysm formation in patients with pituitary gland tumor?

International Angiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-435

  Kulseng, B ^a   Myhre, H O ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor 1; Pituitary gland neoplasms; Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADENOMA; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847661894     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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