Acromegaly and Sleep Disordered Breathing
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Acromegaly and Sleep Disordered Breathing
Acromegaly is the result of oversecretion of growth hormone and IGF-1 and the disease can affect several organ systems. Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) is a frequent disease in acromegaly patients. The mechanism of SDB is somewhat different in acromegaly patients than SDB in normal population. Although central apneas can be seen, obstructive apneas according to structural changes complicate th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2167-0277
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0277.1000128