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A Case of Acromegaly and Gigantism with Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

T. L. Avery
T. L. Avery*
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Central Hospital
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This single case history is reported because scant information is available in textbooks of psychiatry and medicine on depression in acromegaly and gigantism. Attention is drawn to relevant recent articles.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 570 , May 1973 , pp. 599 - 600
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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4 Sherman, L., and Kolodny, M. D. (1971). ‘The hypothalamus, brain-catecholamines, and drug therapy for gigantism and acromegaly.’ Lancet, i, 682.Google Scholar
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