Talk:Acromegaly
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[edit] Statistics on Acromegaly prevalence?
I heard that Acromegaly is about 50 cases per million at any given time, but it would be nice to have some concrete stats here.
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A 2004 study showed a vastly higher prevalence: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=15274075 It seems as if acromegaly is extremely rarely diagnosed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.0.229.236 (talk) 16:59, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Acromegaly patients are not abnormally tall
By definition, acromegaly is the clinical picture of a patient with high circulating levels of growth hormones following the closure of epiphyseal (growth) plates, and hence are of normal height. I am therefore highly suspicious of the claims that famous tall people had acromegaly (instead, they are more likely to have had pubertal giantism.
[edit] Please use the metric system
In the "Notable sufferers" section, all heights are shown in feet/inches. As this is an international website, please always use, or at least indicate the equivalent, metric units. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Byron.calisto (talk • contribs) 05:48, 14 December 2006 (UTC).
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External links are not required in Wikipedia articles. They are permitted in limited numbers and in accordance with the policies linked above. If you want to include one or more external links in this article, please link directly to a webpage that provides detailed, encyclopedic information about the disease. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:27, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
