The prevalence of polyp in colon of patients with acromegaly

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 236-238

  Larijani, Bagher ^a   Aliannejad, Rasool ^b   Khaleghnejad Tabari, Nasibeh ^a   Baradar Jalili, Reza ^a   Ansari, Reza ^b   Tavangar, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Bandarian, Fatemeh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Cancer; Colon; IGF1; Polyps

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34247578071     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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