Title
Acromegaly
Authoring Organization
Publication Month/Year
October 31, 2014
Last Updated Month/Year
November 5, 2024
Supplemental Implementation Tools
Document Type
Guideline
External Publication Status
Published
Country of Publication
US
Document Objectives
The aim was to formulate clinical practice guidelines for acromegaly.
Target Patient Population
Patients with typical clinical manifestations of acromegaly
Inclusion Criteria
Male, Female, Adolescent, Adult, Child
Health Care Settings
Ambulatory
Intended Users
Nurse, nurse practitioner, physician, physician assistant
Scope
Diagnosis, Assessment and screening, Treatment, Management
Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)
D000172 - Acromegaly
Keywords
acromegaly, IGF-1, growth hormones, gigantism
Source Citation
Laurence Katznelson, Edward R. Laws, Jr, Shlomo Melmed, Mark E. Molitch, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Andrea Utz, John A. H. Wass, Acromegaly: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 99, Issue 11, 1 November 2014, Pages 3933–3951, https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2014-2700