Somatostatinoma: A Somatostatin-Containing Tumor of the Endocrine Pancreas

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 296, Issue 17, 1977, Pages 963-967

  Ganda, om P ^a   Weir, Gordon C ^a   Soeldner, J Stuart ^a   Legg, Merle A ^a   Chick, William L ^a   Patel, Yogesh C ^a   Ebeid, Amin M ^a   Gabbay, Kenneth H ^a   Reichlin, Seymour ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

APUD CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; GLUCAGONOMA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS HEAD CARCINOMA; PANCREAS ISLET CELL CARCINOMA; PANCREAS ISLET DELTA CELL; PANCREAS TUMOR;

EID: 0017734090     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197704282961703     Document Type: Article

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