Hearing Loss in Acromegaly - A Review

Abstract Introduction Acromegaly is a chronic disease caused by growth hormone (GH) excess due to a GH-secreting pituitary adenoma in most cases. There is reasonable data to presume the possible influence of chronic GH and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) hyperproduction on the anat...

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Main Authors: Liane Sousa Teixeira, Isabelle Braz de Oliveira Silva, Andre Luiz Lopes Sampaio, Carlos Augusto Pires de Oliveira, Fayez Bahamad Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2017-06-01
Series:International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1603619