Oral Pantoprazole for Acid Suppression in the Treatment of Patients with Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

BACKGROUND: The management of patients with gastric acid hypersecretion due to gastrinoma, usually recognized as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES), was radically changed 10 years ago by the use of proton pump inhibitors. Surgical treatment now concentrates on tumour excision, and in the majority of p...

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Main Authors: Barbara Désir, Pierre Poitras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2001-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/462456