Gigantism caused by growth hormone secreting pituitary adenoma

Gigantism indicates excessive secretion of growth hormones (GH) during childhood when open epiphyseal growth plates allow for excessive linear growth. Case one involved a 14.7-year-old boy presented with extreme tall stature. His random serum GH level was 38.4 ng/mL, and failure of GH suppression wa...

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Autores principales: Rhee, Noorisaem, Jeong, Kumi, Yang, Eun Mi, Kim, Chan Jong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4114045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25077093
http://dx.doi.org/10.6065/apem.2014.19.2.96

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4114045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25077093
http://dx.doi.org/10.6065/apem.2014.19.2.96

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