Severe growth hormone deficiency is rare in surgically-cured acromegalics

Pituitary

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 326-332

  Fujio, Shingo ^a   Tokimura, Hiroshi ^a   Hirano, Hirofumi ^a   Hanaya, Ryosuke ^a   Kubo, Fumikatsu ^a   Yunoue, Shunji ^a   Bohara, Manoj ^a   Kinoshita, Yasuyuki ^b   Tominaga, Atsushi ^b   Arimura, Hiroshi ^a   Arita, Kazunori ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone deficiency; Pituitary function; Surgery

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84881374626     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-012-0424-6     Document Type: Article

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