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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
• Working Group Membership: General practitioners, pathologists, endocrinologists, clinical biochemists, laboratory technologists, member of the public