Title

Acromegaly

Authoring Organization

Endocrine Society

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