THYROID FUNCTION IN ACROMEGALY

Authors :: Reginald Hall
E. Mukhtar
R. Wilkinson
L. Alexander
D. Appleton
Source :: The Lancet. 298:279-283
Publication Year :: 1971
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1971.
Abstract: Thyroid-function studies were performed in 12 patients with active acromegaly. 1 patient had thyrotoxicosis, the rest were considered euthyroid although 3 of them had abnormal thyroid scans. All patients had a normal serum thyroid-stimulating-hormone (T.S.H.) level. The euthyroid group had renal and thyroid iodide clearances significantly greater than normal (P

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