Somatostatinoma of the Vater's papilla in a patient with von Recklinghausen's disease
Background. Somatostatinomas of the gastrointestinal tract secret hormone somatostatin which can cause "inhibitory syndrome" comprising diabetes mellitus, cholelithiasis and steatorrheic diarrhea. It is also secreted by the D cells of Langerhans's islands of the pancreas as well as en...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia
2007-01-01
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Series: | Vojnosanitetski Pregled |
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Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2007/0042-84500703219C.pdf |