acromegaly
Human disease / micro cephaly opposite
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Summary
acromegaly is a rare disease[1]. acromegaly ranks in the top 0.16% of rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,890 views/month, #1 of 627).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: hyperpituitarism[4], disease[5]
- Commons category: Acromegaly[6]
- Opposite of: acromicria[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:People with acromegaly[8]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[15]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C84533[16]
- Health specialty: endocrinology[17]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: octreotide[18], pegvisomant[19], bromocriptine[20]
- Genetic association: AIP[21]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2449[22], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:2449[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[24]
- Comorbidity: type 2 diabetes[25]
Why It Matters
acromegaly has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] acromegaly is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]