Acromegaly - Diagnosis - Etiology - Therapy

Duration: 23 min

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Now U S Nuclear Regulatory Agency

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the successful application of heavy particle radiation, obtained from high energy cyclotrons for treatment of the comparatively rare disease, acromegaly. Examines work at Donner Laboratory in Berkeley with the 184-inch synchrocyclotron for treatment of acromegalic patients. Details procedures preparing the patient and irradiating the pituitary gland. Discusses symptoms, diagnosis, etiology and medical history and medical treatment.


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