Acromegaly with normal serum growth hormone levels : clinical features, diagnosis and results of transsphenoidal microsurgery

Among 216 consecutive patients with growth hormone secreting pituitary adenomas who underwent primary neurosurgical treatment at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 8 cases of acromegaly with 'normal' basal growth hormone levels (less than or equal to 5 ng/ml) were seen. They all had the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hormone and metabolic research 1992-08, Vol.24 (8), p.392-396
Hauptverfasser:	BROCKMEIER, S. J, BUCHFELDER, M, ADAMS, E. F, SCHOTT, W, FAHLBUSCH, R
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acromegaly - blood Acromegaly - diagnosis Acromegaly - surgery Adenoma - blood Adenoma - diagnosis Adenoma - surgery Adult Biological and medical sciences Endocrinopathies Female Glucose Tolerance Test Growth Hormone - blood Humans Hypothalamus. Hypophysis. Epiphysis (diseases) Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Non tumoral diseases. Target tissue resistance. Benign neoplasms Pituitary Neoplasms - blood Pituitary Neoplasms - diagnosis Pituitary Neoplasms - surgery
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