Acromegaly presenting with myelopathy due to ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament: a case report

BACKGROUND: Acromegaly is a rare disease caused by high serum levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), often originating from a pituitary adenoma. Spinal and peripheral joint abnormalities are caused by these hormonal hypersecretions. In particular, the response to GH...

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Autores principales: Kamakura, Daisuke, Fukutake, Katsunori, Nakamura, Kazumasa, Tsuge, Shintaro, Hasegawa, Keiji, Tochigi, Naobumi, Wada, Akihito, Mikami, Tetsuo, Takahashi, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8045308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33853563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04232-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8045308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33853563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04232-6

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