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An Update on Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors Leading to Acromegaly and Gigantism

An excess of growth hormone (GH) results in accelerated growth and in childhood, the clinical manifestation is gigantism. When GH excess has its onset after epiphyseal fusion at puberty, the overgrowth of soft tissue and bone results in acromegaly. Persistent GH excess in gigantism also causes acrom...

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Publicado en:J Clin Med
Main Authors: Asa, Sylvia L., Ezzat, Shereen
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8196981/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34067494
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10112254
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