Open AccessTreatment with Octreotide to Suppress Corticotropin Secretion by a Carcinoid Tumour
Author(s) -
Eugenia B Tirovola,
J. S. Malpas
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1177/014107680509801116
Subject(s) - somatostatin , secretion , octreotide , acth secretion , medicine , endocrinology , adrenocorticotropic hormone , hormone
Ectopic secretion of corticotropin (ACTH) by a tumour is most likely to respond to somatostatin analogues if hypercortisolaemia has not yet developed.
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