Incidence of gall stone formation in acromegalic patients on octreotide therapy

OBJECTIVE: Octreotide, a long-acting synthetic somatostatin analog, has been widely used for ac-romegalic patients. Gastrointestinal (GI) side effects and gall stones are predominant side effects. We report incidence of gall stones in our cohort of acromegalic patients treated with octreotide therap...

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Autores principales: Chakravarty, Aditi A., Ajmani, Ajay, Manchanda, Smita, Kulshreshtha, Bindu, Chopra, Shweta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629508
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.95683

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629508
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.95683

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