1. He had acromegaly.

2. There's even speculation that Abraham Lincoln had acromegaly.

3. What does Acromegalies mean? Plural form of acromegaly

4. There are roughly 1700 confirmed cases of acromegaly in Canada.

5. Acromegalic, acromegalics, Acromegalies, acromegaly, bromegrass, bromegrasses See the full list of words here!

6. long-term treatment of patients with acromegaly due to pituitary tumours who have had inadequate response to or cannot be treated with surgery and/or radiotherapy; relief of symptoms associated with acromegaly.

7. AbstractFrom 1954 to 1989 [Sentencedict.com], 363 patients with acromegaly were treated by radiotherapy.

8. Pigs Tiqu short and short, black hair, white lips and individual acromegaly white.

9. Pachydermoperiostosis ( PDP ) is a rare disease that may mimic secondary hypertrophic osteoarhropathy or acromegaly.

10. Furthermore, 5 tumors exhibited increased hormone-synthesizing organelles, 2 of which induced an acromegaly.

11. The mean cortisol secretion rate was significantly elevated in fifteen patients with acromegaly.

12. Transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice for the initial management of acromegaly.

13. And throughout history, many of the most famous giants have all had acromegaly.

14. So the most common form of giantism is a condition called acromegaly, and acromegaly is caused by a benign tumor on your pituitary gland that causes an overproduction of human growth hormone.

15. 26 It would seem that acromegaly as such does not directly impair gall bladder contraction.

16. Because acromegaly is uncommon and physical changes occur gradually, it often isn't recognized right away.

17. It would seem that acromegaly as such does not directly impair gall bladder contraction.

18. Acromegalies: acromegalogigantism acromegaloidism acromegaloidisms acromegaly acromelalgia acromelic acromelic dwarfism acromesomelia acrometagenesis acromia: Literary usage of Acromegalia

19. SOMAVERT blocks the effect of too much growth hormone and improves the symptoms of acromegaly.

20. The objective was to determine the long-term safety profile for Somavert in patients with acromegaly.

21. Lin Xue deficiency: limb pain, dried achene, acromegaly dishes, gangrenous ulcers can be seen, one's healing.

22. In contrast, the clearance in acromegaly was normal as both serum and urine insulin levels were raised.

23. The secondary efficacy endpoints were improvement in the signs and symptoms of acromegaly, ring size, and additional data.

24. And acromegaly has a very distinct set of side effects associated with it, principally having to do with vision.

25. The objective of the trial was to determine the tolerability and efficacy of Somavert therapy in patients with acromegaly.

26. Slight improvements were noted in the signs and symptoms of acromegaly and in ring size by the end of the study.

27. The use of SOMAVERT in combination with other medicinal products for the treatment of acromegaly has not been extensively investigated

28. We found that patients with acromegaly not receiving treatment, were able to contract their gall bladder almost completely after a meal.

29. Octreotide acetate is another type of medicine from a group of drugs called somatostatin analogues, which are also used to treat acromegaly.

30. Improvements in biochemical control were once again associated with reductions of ring size and improvements in the signs and symptoms of acromegaly scores.

31. Acromegalies acromegalogigantism acromegaloidism acromegaloidisms: acromegaly acromelalgia acromelic acromelic dwarfism acromesomelia acrometagenesis acromia acromial acromial angle acromial arterial network: Literary usage of Acromegalics

32. Both the adenomas and the nonfunctional tumors in acromegaly seem to grow autonomously from the beginning, since paraadenomatous hyperplasia is seldom seen.

33. The invention features somatostatin-dopamine chimeric analogs and methods relating to their therapeutic use for the treatment of neoplasia, acromegaly, and other conditions.

34. Acromegaly (s) , Acromegalies (pl) A chronic disease of adults caused by over secretion of the pituitary gland hormones and which is characterized by enlargement of many parts of the bones of the extremities; such as, the face, the nose, the ears, the jaws, the fingers, and the toes: "The beginning of acromegaly is gradual and so neither the

35. A total of 54% of patients with acromegaly show traits of an altered carbohydrate metabolism (impaired glucose tolerance in 16%–46%, diabetes in 15.5%).

36. You must tell your doctor if you have previously used other medicines for the treatment of acromegaly or medicines for the treatment of diabetes

37. 4 women and 4 men with acromegaly had their skeletal patterns and soft tissues measured in the area of the cranium and compared with standards.

38. Acromegaly and Cushing syndrome are frequently associated with impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes. In contrast, this is a rare finding in pheochromocytoma and Conn syndrome.

39. The stranger – an endocrinologist – urged Ventura to have tests for acromegaly, a rare disorder involving an excesss of growth hormone, caused by a pituitary gland tumour.

40. The objective of this trial was to evaluate the long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of Somavert (5-40 mg/day) therapy in subjects with acromegaly.

41. Growth hormone (GH) release was measured in 17 patients with active acromegaly following the administration of insulin, LH-RH and TRH given intravenously either combined or each separately.

42. SOMAVERT is used in patients who did not respond well to surgery or radiation therapy, or to treatment with somatostatin analogues (another type of medicine used in acromegaly

43. Inappropriate stimulation of growth hormone (hGH)-secretion with TRH in acromegalic subjects has been shown previously, whereas prolactin (hPRL) secretion was reported to be blunted in active acromegaly.

44. The most commonly reported adverse reactions considered related to SOMAVERT occurring in # % of patients with acromegaly during the clinical trials were injection site reactions # %, sweating # %, headache # % and asthenia # %

45. Acromegaly (plural Acromegalies) ( medicine ) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland

46. In this overview six case reports are presented to highlight the current pharmacological treatment options and to propose an algorithm for the clinical routine in patients with persisting acromegaly.

47. After radiotherapy in acromegaly patients somatomedin-C and growth hormone concentrations decrease to normal leels in 70–90%, with a decrease rate of 10–30% per year.

48. A combination of a growth hormone receptor antagonist and a dopamine agonist is useful for treating patients with acromegaly with a synergic effect and a better side-effect profile.

49. The bone density of the proximal (mainly compact substance) and distal (mainly spongy substance) was measured by single-beam photon absorptiometry in 27 women and 11 men suffering from acromegaly.

50. Acromegaly (plural Acromegalies) ( medicine ) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities , face , and jaw that is caused by over - activity of the pituitary gland .

51. An adrenocorticotropic insufficiency was found in most patients with sheehan syndrome, chromophobic adenoma and craniopharyngioma while in acromegaly and hypothalamo-pituitary dwarfism it was present less frequently, necessitating a substitution with corticoids.

52. The goal of treatment in acromegaly is to reduce growth hormone (GH) and age adjusted insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels and, where possible, to achieve normalization of the values.

53. The secondary efficacy endpoints included the incidence of normalization of IGF-I concentrations, the reduction in acid labile sub-unit (ALS), free IGF-I levels, and the signs and symptoms of acromegaly.

54. Brand Name, Active Ingredient (s) & Description Market Authorization Date Therapeutic Use 1 SOMAVERT (pegvisomant) - for the treatment of acromegaly, which is a disease caused when the body produces too much growth hormone.

55. So when people have started to speculate about what might have been wrong with Goliath, they've said, "Wait a minute, he looks and sounds an awful lot like someone who has acromegaly."

56. The pituitary tumor, as it grows, often starts to compress the visual nerves in your brain, with the result that people with acromegaly have either double vision or they are profoundly nearsighted.

57. How come not one of the dozens of doctors — including an endocrinologist — that he saw over the nearly 15 years of interrupted sleep and other symptoms figured out that he had acromegaly?

58. Somavert is indicated for the treatment of acromegaly in patients who have had an inadequate response to surgery, and/or radiation therapy, and other medical therapies, or for whom these therapies are not appropriate.

59. Apparatus and instruments for assessing, testing, diagnosis, prognosis and classification in the medical and pharmaceutical fields: all these apparatus and instruments used in relation to acromegaly, except all products and/or services relating to diabetes

60. Detailed conditions for the use of Somatuline Autogel are described in the Product Monograph. Based on the Health Canada review of data on quality, safety, and effectiveness, Health Canada considers that the benefit/risk profile of Somatuline Autogel is favourable for the long-term treatment of patients with acromegaly due to pituitary tumours who have had inadequate response to or cannot be treated with surgery and/or radiotherapy, and for the relief of symptoms associated with acromegaly.

61. The results of M-tests evaluated from plasma samples of patients suffering from various diseases such as myocardial infarction, obesity, liver cirrhosis, hypothyroidism, thyreotoxicosis, acromegaly, hypopituitarism and adrenal insufficiency are presented and interpreted by this method.

62. Acromegaly is a serious, chronic, and debilitating condition characterized by excessive secretion of human growth hormone (hGH) and elevation of serum insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), usually resulting from a benign adenoma of the pituitary gland.

63. Treatment of patients with acromegaly who have had an inadequate response to surgery and/or radiation therapy and in whom an appropriate medical treatment with somatostatin analogues did not normalize IGF-I concentrations or was not tolerated

64. Frontal Bossing is seen only in a few rare syndromes, including acromegaly, a long-term (chronic) disorder caused by too much growth hormone, which leads to enlargement of the bones of the face, jaw, hands, feet, and skull.

65. Frontal Bossing is seen only in a few rare syndromes, including acromegaly, a long-term (chronic) disorder caused by too much growth hormone, which leads to enlargement of the bones of the face, jaw, hands, feet, and skull.

66. Frontal Bossing is seen only in a few rare syndromes, including acromegaly, a long-term (chronic) disorder caused by too much growth hormone, which leads to enlargement of the bones of the face, jaw, hands, feet, and skull.

67. 3.4 Benefit/Risk Assessment and Recommendation 3.4.1 Benefit/Risk Assessment Acromegaly is a serious and debilitating condition characterized by excessive secretion of GH and IGF-I, usually resulting from a benign adenoma in the anterior portion of the pituitary gland.

68. Medicaments for the treatment of growth disorders, haematological disorders, metabolic disorders, autoimmune diseases, cancer and conditions associated with cancer, acromegaly, anaemia, neutropenia, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis or diabetes, hepatitis and conditions associated with malnutrition, such as immune deficiency, tuberculosis, secondary amenorrhoea and/or infertility

69. Acrography: the art of making wood blocks in relief acrolith: wooden statue with stone extremities acrologic: of, like or pertaining to initials acromegaly: glandular disorder causing gigantism of extremities acronical: occurring at nightfall or sunset acronym: word formed from initial letters of another word acronyx: ingrown nail acropathy

70. In human subjects, exogenous administration of HGH or hypersecretion of the endogenous hormone in acromegaly is accompanied by glucose intolerance in only about 25 per cent of the cases. — In this paper, data are presented which give a more diversified picture of the so-called diabetogenic action of HGH.

71. Despite suppression of prolactin levels with cabergoline, the pituitary tumor continued to increase in size and the patient developed clinical symptoms and biochemistry consistent with the diagnosis of acromegaly due to Acidophilic stem cell adenoma, an extremely rare subtype of mixed growth hormone/prolactin adenoma, which behaves more aggressively and has a lower surgical cure rate …

72. The ligand polypeptide of the invention can be used with advantage as a prolactin secretion inhibitory agent in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases associated with prolactin secretion, such as pituitary adenomatosis, brain tumor, emmeniopathy, autoimmune disease, prolactinoma, infertility, impotence, amenorrhea, galactorrhea, acromegaly, Chiari-Frommel syndrome, Argonz-del Castilo syndrome, Forbes-Albright syndrome, lymphoma, Sheehan syndrome or dyszoospermia.