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Acromegaly: a challenging condition to diagnose

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of General Medicine, August 2018
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (89th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (92nd percentile)

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Title
Acromegaly: a challenging condition to diagnose
Published in
International Journal of General Medicine, August 2018
DOI 10.2147/ijgm.s169611
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Authors

Salma AlDallal

Abstract

Acromegaly is an uncommon, chronic disease, characterized by hypersecretion of a pituitary growth hormone by somatotroph adenomas, along with increased levels of insulin-like growth factor-1. Although acromegaly presents a wide array of clinical manifestations, the salient symptoms include acral and soft tissue enlargement, joint pain, heart and respiratory failure, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Hence, early diagnosis of the disease is critical to enhance life expectancy and quality of life. New approaches are being developed for diagnosis and surveillance (both screening and follow-up), including sensitive biochemical assays and the use of MRI to visualize extremely small tumors, and are helpful in the early diagnosis of acromegaly, subsequent treatment, and disease control. This mini-review summarizes the most common and effective tools used in the diagnosis of acromegaly.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 98 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 18 18%
Student > Master 12 12%
Other 9 9%
Researcher 6 6%
Student > Postgraduate 5 5%
Other 12 12%
Unknown 36 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 31 32%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 7%
Chemistry 4 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 3%
Other 12 12%
Unknown 37 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 March 2022.
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#1,561,692
of 23,408,972 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of General Medicine
#73
of 1,486 outputs
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#34,478
of 331,782 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of General Medicine
#2
of 13 outputs
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