Pituitary Tumor Acromegaly
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What Is Acromegaly? What Causes Acromegaly?
medicalnewstoday.com — “Acromegaly is a syndrome that is brought about by the pituitary gland producing too much growth hormone after puberty. In most cases it is the result of a tumor developing within the gland. The ch” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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What Is Acromegaly? What Causes Acromegaly?: Acromegaly is a syndrome that is brought about by the pituitary gla... http://bit.ly/jHpnjT
What Is Acromegaly? What Causes Acromegaly?
medicalnewstoday.com — “Acromegaly is a syndrome that is brought about by the pituitary gland producing too much growth hormone after puberty. In most cases it is the result of a tumor developing within the gland. The ch” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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What Is Acromegaly? What Causes Acromegaly? http://mnt.to/3WSV #endocrinology
Acromegaly: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Increased and unregulated growth hormone (GH) production, usually caused by a GH-secreting pituitary tumor (somatotroph tumor), characterizes acromegaly. Other causes of increased and unregulated GH production, all very rare, include increased growth hormone–releasing hormone (GHRH) from ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on May 10, 2010 at 5:08 pm By:
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Acromegaly is unusual, with a new case incidence of 3-4 per million subjects per year. Learn more about acromegaly. http://bit.ly/cWika5
BioMed Central | Full text | Prolactinomas, Cushing's disease and acromegaly: debating the role of medical therapy for secretory pituitary adenomas
biomedcentral.com — “BioMed Central | Full text | Prolactinomas, Cushing's disease and acromegaly: debating the role of medical therapy for secretory pituitary adenomas” View full resource at biomedcentral.com
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Prolactinomas, Cushing's disease and acromegaly: debating the role of medical therapy for secretory pituitary adenomas. http://bit.ly/bYFoSA
Medical therapy in acromegaly : Abstract : Nature Reviews Endocrinology
nature.com — “Medical therapy in acromegaly : Abstract : Nature Reviews Endocrinology” View full resource at nature.com
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Part of our upcoming Pituitary tumor Focus issue now AOP: Medical therapy in acromegaly by Sherlock et al. @unibirmingham http://ow.ly/4oOf4
Endocrinology Article | Acromegaly
mdlinx.com — “Improvement of cardiac parameters in patients with acromegaly treated with medical therapies” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Improvement of cardiac parameters in patients with acromegaly treated with medical therapies: Pituitary http://bit.ly/nNnKaY #endo
Acromegaly: eMedicine Dermatology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Excess secretion of growth hormone (GH) induces gigantism in prepubertal children and acromegaly in adults. Acromegaly arises from GH-secreting pituitary adenomas. GH is necessary for normal linear growth. GH is not the principal stimulator of growth, ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 20, 2010 at 2:03 am By:
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Acromegaly is a condition where there is too much growth hormone causing the body to gradually enlarge. http://bit.ly/dlaYqu
Adrenal & Pituitary Gland Disorders: Patient Resources
hormone.org — “Visit Hormone.org today for helpful fact sheets and patient guides about adrenal and pituitary gland disorders including acromegaly, primary aldosteronism, and more.” View full resource at hormone.org
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New "Adrenal Insufficiency" bilingual fact sheet now available http://www.hormone.org/Resources/adrenal-and-pituitary-disorders.cfm
Higher hydrocortisone dose may be associated with increased mortality in acromegaly
endocrinetoday.com — “Pituitary radiotherapy, adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency and higher hydrocortisone doses appear to increase mortality in patients with acr” View full resource at endocrinetoday.com
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Higher hydrocortisone dose may be associated with increased mortality in acromegaly http://ow.ly/BEJQ
Clinical factors involved in the recurrence of pituitary adenomas after surgical remission: a structured review and meta-analysis
cushie.info — “A systematic literature search was conducted using Medline, Embase, Web of Science and the Cochran Library for studies reporting data on recurrence of pituitary adenoma after surgery, in nonfunctioning adenoma (NF), prolactinoma (PRL) acromegaly (ACRO) and Cushing’s disease (CUSH). Of 557 initially retrieved potential relevant studies 143 were selected.” View full resource at cushie.info
Most Recently Shared on September 27, 2011 at 2:51 pm By:
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Clinical factors involved in the recurrence of pituitary adenomas after surgical remission: a struct http://t.co/wDtfSPSW
Endocrinology Article | Pituitary Tumor
mdlinx.com — “Familial Pituitary Tumor Syndromes” View full resource at mdlinx.com
Most Recently Shared on June 18, 2011 at 6:13 am By:
Sandeep Pulim MD Doctor, Health Communicator, and Physician
Familial Pituitary Tumor Syndromes: Endocrine Practice http://bit.ly/jdEJDy #endo
The Pain of Battling Gigantism - ABC News
abcnews.go.com — “Tanya Angus is dreading a fifth surgery to remove a tumor caused by acromegaly.” View full resource at abcnews.go.com
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The Pain of Battling Gigantism: Tanya Angus is dreading a fifth surgery to remove a tumor caused by acromegaly. ... http://bit.ly/cdjE7n
Access : Pituitary tumors: Coping with 'cured' pituitary tumors : Nature Reviews Endocrinology
nature.com — “Access : Pituitary tumors: Coping with 'cured' pituitary tumors : Nature Reviews Endocrinology” View full resource at nature.com
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And the goodies just keep coming! Another News & Views is now AOP: Coping with 'cured' pituitary tumors by Susan M. Webb http://ow.ly/45Clu
Cushing's & Cancer: Pituitary Tumor Video
cushingshelp.blogspot.com — “The life and times of a pituitary Cushing's survivor (1987) AND a kidney cancer (Renal Cell Carcinoma) survivor (2006). I must be a Super-Woman...NOT!” View full resource at cushingshelp.blogspot.com
Most Recently Shared on March 12, 2011 at 12:37 am By:
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Cushing's Blog Post: Pituitary Tumor Video - John Atkinson, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, describes diagnosis an... http://ow.ly/1bJ5zX
Kevin Riordan: Chance meeting leads to recovery | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/11/2011
philly.com — “Matthew Kisielewski can't explain his good fortune, and he doesn't need to. He's living it. "It's a miracle, I guess," says Kisielewski, whose potentially fatal illness was diagnosed thanks to a chance encounter with his best friend's mother and a Cooper University Hospital neurosurgeon.” View full resource at philly.com
Most Recently Shared on August 11, 2011 at 1:25 pm By:
Kent Bottles, MD Doctor, Pathologist, and Physician
http://ow.ly/60E3f Chance meeting with neurosurgeon leads to dx of acromegaly and successful removal of pituitary gland tumor secreting HGH
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