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PMON322 Gigantism in 13-Year-Old Male With Pituitary Tumor

BACKGROUND: Pituitary gigantism is caused by excess growth hormone [GH] secretion from the pituitary gland when the growth plates are open leading to excessive linear growth and tall stature in the pediatric population. It is extremely rare with a reported incidence of 8 cases per million person-yea...

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Autores principales: Senguttuvan, Rajan, Huante, David, Ricoy, Giselle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9625306/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvac150.1300