Incidence of gall stone formation in acromegalic patients on octreotide therapy

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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Main Authors: Aditi A Chakravarty, Ajay Ajmani, Smita Manchanda, Bindu Kulshreshtha, Shweta Chopra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
Acromegaly
gall stones
octreotide
Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2012;volume=16;issue=3;spage=406;epage=408;aulast=Chakravarty

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