Acromegaly, colonic polyps and carcinoma

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Jenkins, Paul J ^a   Fairclough, Peter D ^a   Richards, Toby ^a   Lowe, David G ^a   Monson, John ^a   Grossman, Ashley ^a   Wass, John A H ^a   Besser, Michael ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030872680     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1911029.x     Document Type: Article

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