[Acromegaly--from myths to facts].

Abstract:

:The authors present numerous historical descriptions of persons who might suffered from gigantism or acromegaly. The oldest medical data of patients, initial attempts of causal neurosurgical treatment, history of growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-1, growth hormone releasing hormone and somatostatin discovery is reported. The highest contemporary living persons are also listed.

journal_name

Endokrynol Pol

journal_title

Endokrynologia Polska

authors

Kałuzny M,Bolanowski M

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-05-01 00:00:00

pages

242-4

issue

3

eissn

0423-104X

issn

2299-8306

journal_volume

59

pub_type

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