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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...
Autores principales: | Kamakura, Daisuke, Fukutake, Katsunori, Nakamura, Kazumasa, Tsuge, Shintaro, Hasegawa, Keiji, Tochigi, Naobumi, Wada, Akihito, Mikami, Tetsuo, Takahashi, Hiroshi |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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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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