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. 1987 Jul 25;295(6592):247–248. doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6592.247

Analgesic effect of somatostatin analogue (octreotide) in headache associated with pituitary tumours.

G Williams ¹, J A Ball ¹, R A Lawson ¹, G F Joplin ¹, S R Bloom ¹, M R Maskill ¹

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