Management of acromegaly.
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was an accidental observation when the patient went to the doctor for some other condition. Surprisingly, less than 10% of the patients went actually complaining of a change in their appearance, but this reflects the very slow way in which the condition usually evolves. Most of the other presenting symptoms were due to local spread of the tumour or to recognised features or complications of acromegaly, although some were a little unusual-namely, presentation with hirsutism, goitre, nose blocked by nasal polyps,
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical pathology. Supplement
دوره 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976