Leading articles ## Somatostatin in pancreatic disease A single agent that treats acute and chronic pancreatitis, controls pancreatic fistula, reduces operative morbidity and mortality rates, and even helps in the management of some pancreatic tumours would seem to be the alchemist's dream. Is so
Somatostatin in pancreatitis
β Scribed by P. G. Lankisch; W. Creutzfeldt; J. N. Baxter; S. A. Jenkins; C. R. Mackie
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 138 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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