Spontaneous hypoglycaemia and pleural fibroma: role of insulin like growth factors.
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Spontaneous hypoglycaemia was the presenting feature of a man with a large subpleural fibroma. Preoperative and postoperative studies support the view that the tumour induced hypoglycaemia was due to the secretion of peptide hormones by the tumour.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 46 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991