Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GRH)-producing pancreatic tumor with no evidence of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1480-1485

  Kawa, S ^a   Ueno, T ^b   Iijima, A ^b   Midorikawa, T ^b   Fujimori, Y ^b   Tokoo, M ^b   Oguchi, H ^b   Kiyosawa, K ^b   Imai, Y ^b   Kaneko, G ^b   Kuroda, T ^b   Hashizume, K ^b   Osamura, R Y ^b   Katakami, H ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acromagaly; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Pancreatic endocrine tumor

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVODOPA; PROTIRELIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ACROMEGALY; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 8544254725     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018818811199     Document Type: Article

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