title: Acromegaly and narcolepsy.
abstract: 7 of 372 acromegalic patients had troublesome episodes of paroxysmal daytime sleep. Although 3 patients had complete remission of symptoms within a few days of pituitary implantation of isotopes, the cause of this increased frequency of narcolepsy among acromegalic patients is not known.
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006050:Gold Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010910:Pituitary Irradiation; D015021:Yttrium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D006050:Gold Radioisotopes; D015021:Yttrium Radioisotopes