Acromegaly and gigantism in the medical literature. Case descriptions in the era before and the early years after the initial publication of Pierre Marie (1886)

Pituitary

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-244

  Herder, Wouter W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Gigantism; Growth hormone; History; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL BOSSING; GIGANTISM; GROWTH CURVE; HEADACHE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MICROPENIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNATHIA; PUBLICATION; SCANTY HAIR; SELLA TURCICA; TESTIS ATROPHY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACROMEGALY; GIGANTISM; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67849099366     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-008-0138-y     Document Type: Article

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