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Severe respiratory failure in a patient with COVID-19 and acromegaly: rapid improvement after adding octreotide
Acromegaly is a rare disorder of unregulated hypersecretion of growth hormone that causes cardiovascular, metabolic and respiratory complications. Herein, we describe the case of a middle-aged man admitted to the hospital with severe COVID-19 found to have clinical and biochemical evidence of acrome...
Autores principales: | Luty, Jacob, Hayward, LesleAnn, Jackson, Melanie, Duell, P Barton |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8375750/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34404661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-243900 |
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