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Treatment with somatostatin analogs and chemoembolization of liver metastases for severe hypoglycemia in malignant insulinomas
Background: Preventing hypoglycemia is of vital importance and a major challenge in patients with severe symptomatic hypoglycemia related to malignant unresectable insulinomas, but there is no co...
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Persistent and moderate hypercalcemia related to an ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma: Pre- and postoperative parathyroid hormone related-peptide and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 levels
Objective: To evaluate the role of PTH-related peptide (PTH-rP) and 1,25-dihyhydroxyvitamin D3 in a case of hypercalcemia related to an ovarian adenocarcinoma. Design: We report a case of humoral...
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Pituitary Apoplexy and Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A New Case and Review of the Literature
Pituitary apoplexy can occur as a complication of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. We report here a new case of such association. A male patient aged 59 years, complaining of decreased libido for one year,...
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Normal pregnancy in a woman with nesidioblastosis treated with somatostatin analog octreotide
Objective: We report the case of a 36-yr-old woman with nesidioblastosis treated throughout pregnancy with high doses of octreotide. We studied the course of blood glucose, foetal growth and development. Metho...
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Serotonin transporter availability correlates with alcohol intake in non-human primates
A low level of alcohol intoxication upon initial exposure and impulsive aggressiveness predispose humans to alcoholism. In non-human primates, central serotonin transporter availability and turnover rate were ...