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- Title
Cerebral gigantism with intermittent fractional hypopituitarism and normal sella turcica.
- Authors
Ludwig, George D.; Chaykin, Louis B.; Escueta, Antonio V.; Ludwig, G D; Chaykin, L B; Escueta, A V
- Abstract
Reports on the case of an 18-year-old Negro girl with mental retardation and convulsive seizures who manifested the syndrome of cerebral gigantism with acromegaly. Medical history of the patient; Range of acromegalic features presented by the patient; Physiologic mechanism underlying the patient's condition.
- Subjects
PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities; BRAIN abnormalities; ACROMEGALY; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones; GONADOTROPIN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PITUITARY diseases; RICKETS; TETANY; HUMAN growth hormone; HYPOPITUITARISM
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1967, Vol 67, Issue 1, p123
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-67-1-123