Usefulness of the Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Test in Pre-Clinical Acromegaly
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Usefulness of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone test in pre-clinical acromegaly.
Acromegaly is caused primarily by pituitary growth hormone (GH)-secreting tumors. It is usually recognized because of characteristic manifestations, and diagnosed clinically. However, there exists a mild stage of acromegaly, which poses a diagnostic problem due to the absence of typical clinical manifestations. Here we present four patients with pre-clinical acromegaly, who showed minimal acrom...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0040-8727,1349-3329
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.206.291