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. 1992 Jun 20;304(6842):1611–1612. doi: 10.1136/bmj.304.6842.1611

Effects of long term octreotide on gall stone formation and gall bladder function.

G W Bigg-Wither ¹, K K Ho ¹, R R Grunstein ¹, C E Sullivan ¹, B D Doust ¹

PMCID: PMC1881991 PMID: 1628089

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