Title | Acromegaly [electronic resource] : A Century of Scientific and Clinical Progress / edited by Richard J. Robbins, Shlomo Melmed |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1987 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1913-9 |
Descript | XI, 290 p. online resource |
The Life of Doctor Pierre Marie: A Great Granddaughterโs View -- I. Molecular Biology and Physiology of GH Action -- 1. Etiology of Acromegaly from the Neuroendocrine Point of View: A Historical Perspective -- 2. Human Growth Hormone Gene Regulation in Somatotroph Cell Cultures -- 3. Detection of the Multiple Forms of Human Growth Hormone -- 4. Molecular Heterogeneity of Circulating Growth Hormone in Acromegaly -- 5. Somatomedin Gene Expression -- 6. Somatomedin Action and Tissue Growth Factor Receptors -- 7. The Mechanism of the Growth-Promoting Action of Growth Hormone -- II. Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion -- 8. Somatostatin and the Syndrome of Acromegaly -- 9. Growth Hormone Secretion in Acromegaly -- 10. Actions of GRF in Man -- 11. GRF Secretion in Man -- 12. Ectopic GRH Syndromes -- III. Diagnosis of Acromegaly -- 13. Clinical Developments Over the Past 100 Years of Acromegaly -- 14. Gonadal Steroid Modulation of Growth Hormone Secretory Patterns in the Rat -- 15. Pathogenesis of Acromegaly -- 16. Pathology of Acromegaly -- 17. Associated Hypersecretion of Anterior Pituitary Hormones Other Than Growth Hormone in Acromegaly -- 18. Effect of Growth Hormone on Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism: An Overview -- 19. The Diagnosis of Acromegaly -- IV. Treatments for Acromegaly -- 20. Conventional Supervoltage Radiation in the Treatment of Acromegaly -- 21. Long-Term Effects of Proton Beam Therapy for Acromegaly -- 22. Results of Transsphenoidal Resection of Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas -- 23. Long-Term Results of Transsphenoidal Surgery for the Management of Acromegaly -- 24. The Use of Somatostatin Analogs in the Treatment of Acromegaly -- 25. The Use of Dopamine Agonists in the Management of Acromegaly -- 26. Decision Analysis of Treatment Options in Acromegaly -- Author Index