Chronic kidney disease and acromegaly: when appearances are deceptive

Nefrologia. 2014 Nov 17;34(6):800-2. doi: 10.3265/Nefrologia.pre2014.Aug.12000.
[Article in English, Spanish]
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acromegaly / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Glucose Tolerance Test
  • Growth Hormone / metabolism*
  • Hormones / blood
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / analysis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phenotype
  • Pituitary Gland / pathology
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / blood
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / complications*
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / physiopathology
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / therapy
  • Uremia / blood
  • Uremia / etiology
  • Uremia / physiopathology

Substances

  • Hormones
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
  • Growth Hormone