Title |
Hearing Loss in Acromegaly - A Review
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Published in |
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, June 2017
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DOI | 10.1055/s-0037-1603619 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Liane Sousa Teixeira, Isabelle Braz de Oliveira Silva, Andre Luiz Lopes Sampaio, Carlos Augusto Pires de Oliveira, Fayez Bahamad Júnior |
Abstract |
Introduction Acromegaly is a chronic disease caused by growth hormone (GH) excess due to a GH-secreting pituitary adenoma in most cases. There is reasonable data to presume the possible influence of chronic GH and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) hyperproduction on the anatomical structures involved in normal sound perception, and on its conductive and/or sensorineural part. Objectives To review the literature about acromegaly and hearing loss. Data Synthesis A systematic literature search was performed using the MEDLINE database, including hand-searching reference lists from original articles. The search was performed using the terms hearing loss and acromegaly , and only 5 studies were found. Conclusion The results are not consistent, but led to different conclusions. Therefore, more studies with greater numbers of patients with acromegaly are needed. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 17 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Other | 2 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 12% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 12% |
Student > Master | 2 | 12% |
Librarian | 1 | 6% |
Other | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 7 | 41% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 47% |
Chemistry | 1 | 6% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 7 | 41% |