 Acromegaly
"Acromegaly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excessive HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in adults. It is characterized by bony enlargement of the FACE; lower jaw (PROGNATHISM); hands; FEET; HEAD; and THORAX. The most common etiology is a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp79-80)
| Descriptor ID |
D000172
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.132.082 C10.228.140.617.738.250.100 C19.700.355.179
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| Concept/Terms |
Acromegaly- Acromegaly
- Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
- Hypersecretion Syndrome, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
- Hypersecretion Syndromes, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
- Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndromes (Acromegaly)
- Syndrome, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
- Syndromes, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
- Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
- Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Acromegaly" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Acromegaly" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acromegaly" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Ding D, Mehta GU, Patibandla MR, Lee CC, Liscak R, Kano H, Pai FY, Kosak M, Sisterson ND, Martinez-Alvarez R, Martinez-Moreno N, Mathieu D, Grills IS, Blas K, Lee K, Cifarelli CP, Katsevman GA, Lee JYK, McShane B, Kondziolka D, Lunsford LD, Vance ML, Sheehan JP. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Acromegaly: An International Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. Neurosurgery. 2019 03 01; 84(3):717-725.
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Carmichael JD, Broder MS, Cherepanov D, Chang E, Mamelak A, Said Q, Neary MP, Bonert V. Long-term treatment outcomes of acromegaly patients presenting biochemically-uncontrolled at a tertiary pituitary center. BMC Endocr Disord. 2017 Aug 04; 17(1):49.
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Carmichael JD, Broder MS, Cherepanov D, Chang E, Mamelak A, Said Q, Neary MP, Bonert V. The association between biochemical control and cardiovascular risk factors in acromegaly. BMC Endocr Disord. 2017 Mar 09; 17(1):15.
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Odle AK, Drew PD, Childs GV. Giant mice reveal new roles for GH in regulating the adipose immune microenvironment. Endocrinology. 2015 May; 156(5):1613-5.
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