An unsual case of concurrent insulinoma and nesidioblastosis

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 649-653

  Bright, Elizabeth ^a   Garcea, Giuseppe ^a   Ong, Seok L ^a   Madira, Webster ^a   Berry, David P ^a   Dennison, Ashley R ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperinsulinism; Hypoglycemia; Insulinoma; Nesidioblastosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PROINSULIN; PROTEIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULINOMA; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS RESECTION; PSYCHOSIS; VENOUS BLOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULINOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESIDIOBLASTOSIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56849109630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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