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Everolimus and long acting octreotide as a volume reducing treatment of polycystic livers (ELATE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is defined as having more than 20 liver cysts and can present as a severe and disabling condition. Most symptoms are caused by the mass effect of the liver size and include abdominal pain and distension. The somatostatin analogues octreotide and lanreotide...

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Autores principales: Chrispijn, Melissa, Drenth, Joost PH
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3240834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22104015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-246