Increased mammographic breast density in acromegaly: Quantitative and qualitative assessment

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-340

  Tagliafico, Alberto ^a   Calabrese, Massimo ^a   Tagliafico, Giulio ^b   Resmini, Eugenia ^b,c   Martinoli, Carlo ^b   Rebora, Alberto ^b   Colao, Annamaria ^d   Pivonello, Rosario ^d   Ferone, Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; AGE; BREAST DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; BREAST TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951984561     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0896     Document Type: Article

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