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Rational: The initial step of biological diagnosis of acromegaly is based on assessment of IGF-I. According to current recommendations, the diagnosis must be confirmed by an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to show that there is no growth hormone (GH) decrease lower than 1 μg/L (Katznelson , et
Type of the study:
A prospective clinical study will be conducted in the period between January 2018 and January 2020.
Study Setting:
Otolaryngology Department, Alexandria University Hospital. Otolaryngology Department, Assiut University Hospital.
Study tools :
Preoperative evaluation:
1. Personal
A urine pregnancy test will be performed on women of child bearing age. After informed consent is obtained, each patient will be placed in a dark private room and asked to grade nausea, pain, and sedation on a 10 cm visual analog scale, using the left end as the zero point for complaints and
Prader-Willi Syndrome and Obesity:
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder occurring in 1/10,000 to 1/15,000 live births. Clinical characteristics include neonatal and infantile central hypotonia with feeding problems and poor weight gain followed after 1-3 years by hyperphagia and