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KOCAELLİ H., Ayhan M.
JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, vol.47, no.1, pp.53-59, 2013 (ESCI)
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Publication Type:
Article / Article
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Volume:
47
Issue:
1
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Publication Date:
2013
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Journal Name:
JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
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Journal Indexes:
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
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Page Numbers:
pp.53-59
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Keywords:
Acromegaly, endocrinology and dentistry
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Istanbul University Affiliated:
Yes
Abstract
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.