Acromegaly: A Case Report
JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, cilt.47, sa.1, ss.53-59, 2013 (ESCI)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.53-59
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Acromegaly, endocrinology and dentistry
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Acromegaly is a rare disease characterized by bony and soft tissue overgrowth with an incidense of 3 cases per million population per year. These changes occur secondary to chronic hypersecretion of growth hormones by the anterior pituitary gland adenoma.