Acromegaly caused by a growth hormone-releasing hormone secreting carcinoid tumour of the lung: The effect of octreotide treatment

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 263-266

  de Jager, C M ^a   de Heide, L J M ^a   van den Berg, G ^b   Wolthuis, A ^a   van Schelven, W D ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Ectopic GHRH producing tumours; Octreotide treatment

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LUNG TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCTREOTIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547757395     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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