It may also reduce someone's life expectancy by around 10 years. Acromegaly is often confused with gigantism, another rare condition that causes excessive growth as a result of high levels of ...

When plotted as a dose (rads) versus depth of penetration curve ... The various surgical and radiologic methods of treating acromegaly have dramatically improved over the past 75 years.

A new study demonstrates that a benign growth on the pituitary gland causing a growth disorder called acromegaly, which in some cases may lead to gigantism, are often inherited in Northern Ireland. A ...

Biochemical control of acromegaly in noncured patients is usually defined as serum growth hormone (GH) levels <2.0 µg/l, plus normal-for-age serum levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I).