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Review
. 1990 Sep;85(9):1061-72.

Potential gastrointestinal uses of somatostain and its synthetic analogue octreotide

I Grosman  1 , D Simon
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  • PMID: 1975156
Review

Potential gastrointestinal uses of somatostain and its synthetic analogue octreotide

I Grosman et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 1990 Sep.

Abstract

Octreotide is a long-acting analogue of somatostatin which has been FDA approved for symptomatic carcinoid syndrome and for vasoactive intestinal peptide-producing tumors. Somatostatin and octreotide have significant effects on gastrointestinal physiology which may be beneficial for a variety of disorders. This paper will review the currently available literature on the use of somatostatin and octreotide in non-neoplastic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.

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