Acromegaly : diagnosis & treatment - Roelfsema, Ferdinand; Biermasz, Nienke R.; Future Medicine Ltd. (London : Future Medicine Ltd, 2012)
Acromegaly : diagnosis and treatment / Ferdinand Roelfsema & Nienke R. Biermasz -- History of acromegaly / Wouter W. de Herder -- Pathology and pathogenesis of growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas / V{u386E}ia Nos-- Regulation of growth hormone secretion / Catalina Norman & Johannes D. Veldhuis -- Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of acromegaly / Lawrence A. Frohman -- Goals of treatment / Philippe Chanson -- Trans-sphenoidal surgery with the classical microscopical approach / Michael Buchfelder & Panagiotis Nomikos -- 3D endoscopic endonasal surgery for pituitary and skull base pathology / Jos M.A. Kuijlen & Eelco W. Hoving -- Medical treatment of acromegaly / Sebastian J.C.M.M. Neggers, Richard A. Feelders & Aart J. van der Lely -- Radiation techniques / Frederic Castinetti -- Quality of life in patients with acromegaly / Jitske Tiemensma -- Future perspectives of diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly / Ferdinand Roelfsema & Nienke R. Biermasz -- Index.
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Keywords: Acromegaly -- diagnosis; Acromegaly -- Treatment; Acromegaly -- diagnosis; Acromegaly -- therapy; Human Growth Hormone -- physiology; Electronic books