Systemic complications of acromegaly and the impact of the current treatment landscape: an update

MR Gadelha, L Kasuki, DST Lim… - Endocrine reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Acromegaly is a chronic systemic disease with many complications and is associated with
increased mortality when not adequately treated. Substantial advances in acromegaly …

The chronic syndromes after previous treatment of pituitary tumours

JA Romijn - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2016 - nature.com
Ultimately, almost all patients who are appropriately treated for pituitary tumours enter a
chronic phase with control or cure of hormonal excess, adequate treatment of pituitary …

Education and visual information improves effectiveness of ultrasound-guided local injections on shoulder pain and associated anxiety level: a randomized controlled …

M Karkucak, N Cilesizoglu, E Capkin… - American Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective Local injections are widely used in patients with a painful shoulder. The aim of this
study was to evaluate the possible impact of patients' visual information on the effectiveness …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasonographic measurement of femoral cartilage thickness in type II diabetic patients

MA Bedewi, AA Elsifey, MF Naguib, AK Saleh… - Medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this study is to compare the distal femoral cartilage thickness of patients with type
II diabetes mellitus with those of healthy subjects using ultrasonography. The study …

Acromegaly and aging: a comparative cross-sectional study

E Hatipoglu, M Yuruyen, E Keskin, H Yavuzer… - Growth Hormone & IGF …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Cognitive and functional geriatric assessment may change in acromegaly. Herein
we aimed to determine at which points geriatric assessment of the cases with acromegaly …

Acromegaly and ultrasound: how, when and why?

M Parolin, F Dassie, R Vettor, P Maffei - Journal of endocrinological …, 2020 - Springer
Background Acromegaly is a rare disease caused by an excess of growth hormone and
insulin-like growth factor 1. It is usually diagnosed because of typical signs such as …

[PDF][PDF] Ultrasonographic measurement of femoral cartilage thickness in patients with knee osteoarthritis

MA Bedewi, AA Elsifey, MF Naguib… - International Journal …, 2022 - researchgate.net
The aimof this study was to investigate the femoral cartilage thickness (FCT) by ultrasound in
patients with knee osteoarthritis and compare them with those of healthy subjects. Methods …

Sex hormones

M Caldwell, E Casey, B Powell… - Sex Differences in Sports …, 2016 - books.google.com
Hormones affect the entire neuromusculoskeletal system in various ways depending on age,
sex, and hormone concentration. Hormonal changes, which can be seen in the pubertal or …

Ultrasonographic assessment of soft tissues in patients with acromegaly

M Kocak, N Civan, M Karkucak, E Capkin… - Archives of …, 2015 - tjr.org.tr
Objectives: This study aims to investigate ultrasound examination findings of cartilage,
tendon and nerve structures in patients with acromegaly and assess whether imaging …

Exploring the morbidity and mortality in acromegaly

N Kyriakakis - 2021 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare clinical condition characterized by chronic growth
hormone (GH) excess, resulting into body disfigurement and systemic complications …