McCune-Albright syndrome associated with acromegaly and bipolar affective disorder

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 600-602

  Ozcan Kara, Pelin ^a   Mahmoudian, Babek ^a   Erbas, Belkis ^a   Erbas, Tomris ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Bipolar affective disorder; Fibrous dysplasia; McCune Albright syndrome

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 36549089968     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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