Carney's complex with acromegaly as the leading clinical condition [2]

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 322-324

  Giraldi, Francesca Pecori ^a   Fatti, Letizia Maria ^a   Bertola, Giorgio ^b   Balza, Giovanni ^c   Lavezzi, Elisabetta ^a   Pesce, Samantha ^a   Scacchi, Massimo ^a   Cavagnini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LENTIGO; LETTER; MELANOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; CARNEY COMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 38049132833     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03024.x     Document Type: Letter

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