Spontaneous remission of acromegaly or gigantism due to subclinical apoplexy of pituitary growth hormone adenoma

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3820-3823

  Wang, Xian Ling ^a   Dou, Jing Tao ^a   Lü, Zhao Hui ^a   Zhong, Wen Wen ^a   Ba, Jian Ming ^a   Jin, Du ^a   Lu, Ju Ming ^a   Pan, Chang Yu ^a   Mu, Yi Ming ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone adenoma; Subclinical apoplexy of pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; GIGANTISM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLINICAL APOPLEXY OF PITUITARY GROWTH HORMONE ADENOMA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GIGANTISM; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82255196663     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.22.039     Document Type: Article

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