Growth hormone therapy for non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia [4]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-257

  Silveira, Letícia F G ^a   Bouloux, Pierre M G ^a   MacColl, Gavin S ^a   Camacho Hubner, Cecilia ^b   Miraki Moud, Farideh ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; RNA; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FIBROMA; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037101982     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01180-4     Document Type: Letter

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