| islet cell a. |
a benign islet cell tumor.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| islet cell t. |
a tumor of the islets of Langerhans; many secrete excessive amounts of hormones. Types include gastrinoma, glucagonoma, insulinoma, somatostatinoma, and VIPoma. Called also nesidioblastoma.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| islets of Langerhans |
Clusters of hormone-producing cells, including alpha and beta cells, that appear throughout the pancreas.
Ãâó: www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jhtml
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