Octreotide reduces hepatic, renal and breast cystic volume in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease
✍ Scribed by Ramón Peces; Emilio Cuesta-López; Carlos Peces; Virginia Pérez-Dueñas; Cristina Vega-Cabrera; Rafael Selgas
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-1623
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