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Acromegaly
PUBLISHED: 1998

REVISED:January 2008 

TOPIC: Endocrine Testing

SCOPE: Laboratory investigation

ABSTRACT: 
The guideline assists the practitioner in the initial laboratory investigation in patients with suspected acromegaly. Clinical features resulting from the mass effects of the enlarging tumor are distinguished from those resulting from hormone over secretion.

TARGET POPULATION: Any person with signs or symptoms of acromegaly

EXCLUSIONS: None specified

Summary: Acromegaly

 

Guideline: Acromegaly

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 
 
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