Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Acromegaly: A Comparative Study between those with and without Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• Главные авторы: Shaymaa Dheyab Hammood (Автор), Eham Amer Ali (Автор), Abbas Mahdi Rahmah (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disorder; it has an incidence of 4 per million annually and a prevalence of 40 per million. It is due to growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma. The objective of our study is to evaluate the levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in patients with acr...