Challenges in the diagnosis and management of acromegaly: a focus on comorbidities

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare, insidious disease resulting from the overproduction of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), and is associated with a range of comorbidities. The extent of associated complications and mortality risk is related to length of exposure to the...

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Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:
Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/22816
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11102-016-0725-2
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22816
Palabra clave:
Growth hormone
Somatomedin c
Acromegaly
Arthropathy
Cardiovascular disease
Comorbidity
Craniofacial development
Endocrine disease
Hormone synthesis
Human
Lung disease
Malignant neoplastic disease
Mental disease
Metabolic disorder
Morbidity
Mortality
Neurologic disease
Priority journal
Quality of life
Retrospective study
Review
Rheumatic disease
Adenoma
Cardiovascular diseases
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Comorbidity
Complication
Diabetes mellitus
Disease management
Growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma
Headache
Heart failure
Hypertension
Macroglossia
Osteoarthritis
Prognosis
Sleep apnea syndromes
Vision disorders
Adenoma
Cardiovascular diseases
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Comorbidity
Diabetes mellitus
Disease management
Growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma
Headache
Heart failure
Humans
Hypertension
Macroglossia
Osteoarthritis
Prognosis
Sleep apnea syndromes
Vision disorders
Acromegaly comorbidities
Acromegaly diagnosis
Latin america
left ventricular
left ventricular
Hypertrophy
Hypertrophy
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