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Endocrine System Diseases > Bone Diseases, Endocrine > Acromegaly
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Endocrine > Acromegaly
Endocrine System Diseases > Pituitary Diseases > Hyperpituitarism > Acromegaly
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Hypothalamic Diseases > Pituitary Diseases > Hyperpituitarism > Acromegaly

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Acromegaly  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Hypersecretion Syndrome, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
  • Hypersecretion Syndromes, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
  • Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
  • Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
  • Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
  • Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndromes (Acromegaly)
  • Syndrome, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
  • Syndromes, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)

Note

  • coordinate with GROWTH HORMONE in animals or HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in humans if pertinent

Scope note

  • 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)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000172

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