Acromegaly.
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More recent studies suggest a higher incidence of acromegaly, up to 6.9 per 100,000 according to Italian data and 7.7 patients per million per year in Iceland (2,3). The condition was named by Pierre Marie in 1886 using the Greek words akron- extremities and megas- large t …
More recent studies suggest a higher incidence of acromegaly, up to 6.9 per 100,000 according to Italian data and 7.7 patients per million p …