Acromegaly as manifestation of a bronchial carcinoid tumour

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-

  Filosso, Pier Luigi ^a,b   Donati, Giovanni ^a,b   Rena, Ottavio ^a,b   Oliaro, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOPEPTIN PLUS OCTREOTIDE; LONG ACTING DRUG; OCTREOTIDE; PENTETREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROMEGALY; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0141595134     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230301100229     Document Type: Letter

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