"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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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acromegaly" by people in Profiles.
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Karadeniz Y, Caliskan Burgucu H, Ozturk Y, Yarar Z, Kaynak H, Can M, Karakose M. Comparison of triglyceride-glucose index and HOMA-IR in assessing insulin resistance in acromegaly: a case-control study. Endokrynol Pol. 2025; 76(4):442-449.
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Dixit M, Louis LD, Basta-Pljakic J, Yildirim G, Poudel SB, Kumararaja F, List EO, Duran SO, Kopchick JJ, Ruff RR, Schaffler MB, Yakar S. Lifelong Excess in GH Elicits Sexually Dimorphic Effects on Skeletal Morphology and Bone Mechanical Properties. J Bone Miner Res. 2022 11; 37(11):2201-2214.
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Castellanos-Bueno R, Abreu-Lomba A, Buitrago-G?mez N, Pati?o-Arboleda M, Pantoja-Guerrero D, Valenzuela-Rinc?n A, Arenas-Quintero HM, Franco-Betancur HI, Castellanos-Pinedo A, Movilla-Castro D, Ocampo-Chaparro JM, Reyes-Ortiz CA, Pinz?n-Tovar A. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics, morbidity and treatment based on the registry of acromegalic patients in Colombia: RAPACO. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2021 Oct-Dec; 60-61:101425.