Octreotide suppresses the incretin glucagon-like peptide (7-36) amide in patients with acromegaly or clinically nonfunctioning pituitary tumors and in healthy subjects
Author(s) -
Ursula Plöckinger,
Jens J. Holst,
Daniel M. Messerschmidt,
W. Hopfenmüller,
H.-J. Quabbe
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european journal of endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1479-683X
pISSN - 0804-4643
DOI - 10.1530/eje.0.1400538
Subject(s) - acromegaly , octreotide , medicine , endocrinology , insulin , incretin , glucagon , c peptide , glucagon like peptide 1 , diabetes mellitus , somatostatin , hormone , growth hormone , type 2 diabetes
To study the effect of octreotide on glucagon-like peptide (7-36) amide (GLP-1) and insulin secretion in patients with pituitary tumors during preoperative treatment and in healthy subjects.
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