A rare case of gastric cancer in an acromegalic patient

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 528-532

  Asai, Kiyoko ^a   Shimoyama, Shouji ^a   Sanno, Naoko ^b   Kaminishi, Michio ^a   Oohara, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Gastric cancer; Growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor I; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH MUCOSA;

EID: 0030849466     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02934094     Document Type: Article

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