Medical progress: Acromegaly

N Engl J Med. 2006 Dec 14;355(24):2558-73. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra062453.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acromegaly* / diagnosis
  • Acromegaly* / etiology
  • Acromegaly* / therapy
  • Adenoma / complications*
  • Adenoma / radiotherapy
  • Adenoma / surgery
  • Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / blood
  • Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / complications*
  • Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / radiotherapy
  • Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / surgery
  • Human Growth Hormone / analogs & derivatives
  • Human Growth Hormone / physiology
  • Human Growth Hormone / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / analysis
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery
  • Receptors, Somatotropin / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Somatostatin / analogs & derivatives

Substances

  • Receptors, Somatotropin
  • Human Growth Hormone
  • Somatostatin
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
  • Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
  • pegvisomant