A non-acromegalic case of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 accompanied by a growth hormone-releasing hormone-producing pancreatic tumor

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 421-427

  Sugihara, Hitoshi ^a   Shibasaki, T ^a   Tatsuguchi, A ^a   Okajima, F ^a   Wakita, S ^a   Nakajima, Y ^a   Tanimura, K ^a   Tamura, H ^a   Ishii, S ^a   Kamegai, J ^a   Akasu, H ^a   Kitagawa, W ^a   Shimizu, K ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Uchida, E ^a   Tajiri, T ^a   Naito, Z ^a   Katakami, H ^b   Oikawa, S ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; GHRH; Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 1; Pancreatic tumor

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM LACTATE; CHROMOGRANIN A; COLECALCIFEROL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GLUCAGON; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INSULIN; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ACROMEGALY; BLOOD; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447641966     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03346321     Document Type: Article

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