Early descriptions of acromegaly and gigantism and their historical evolution as clinical entities

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Mammis, Antonios ^a   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a   Liu, James K ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Gigantism; Historical vignette; Pituitary tumor

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GIGANTISM; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; GIGANTISM; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78049443517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.7.FOCUS10160     Document Type: Article

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