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Hyperostosis frontalis interna, acromegaly and hyperprolactinaemia.
The association between hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI), acromegaly and hyperprolactinaemia was investigated. Thirty six acromegalic patients, of whom 19 had hyperprolactinaemia, were compared with 36 randomly-selected, age-sex matched controls. There was a higher prevalence of HFI in the skull X-rays of the acromegalic cohort (P = 0.0002) when compared to the control group. This differenc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1942
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.4258.185