The effects of octreotide in a patient with Nelson's syndrome

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 843, 1996, Pages 53-54

  Kelestimur, Fahrettin ^a   Utas, Cengiz ^a   Özbakir, Ömer ^a   Selçuklu, Ahmet ^a   Kandemir, Olcay ^a   Özcan, Nevzat ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Nelson's syndrome; Octreotide

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASE INHIBITING FACTOR; OCTREOTIDE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NELSON SYNDROME; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030060911     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.843.53     Document Type: Article

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