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.
[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).
