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Diagnostic challenges and management of a patient with acromegaly due to ectopic growth hormone-releasing hormone secretion from a bronchial carcinoid tumour
A male patient presented at the age of 30 with classic clinical features of acromegaly and was found to have elevated growth hormone levels, not suppressing during an oral glucose tolerance test. His acromegaly was originally considered to be of pituitary origin, based on a CT scan, which was interp...
Autores principales: | Kyriakakis, Nikolaos, Trouillas, Jacqueline, Dang, Mary N, Lynch, Julie, Belchetz, Paul, Korbonits, Márta, Murray, Robert D |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Bioscientifica Ltd
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5292981/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28203372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-16-0104 |
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