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SUBMITTER: Mantzoros I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5725304 | biostudies-other | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Mantzoros Ioannis I Savvala Natalia Antigoni NA Ioannidis Orestis O Parpoudi Styliani S Loutzidou Lydia L Kyriakidou Despoina D Cheva Angeliki A Intzos Vasileios V Tsalis Konstantinos K
World journal of gastroenterology 20171201 45
Neuroendocrine tumors represent a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that arise from neuroendocrine cells and secrete various peptides and bioamines. While gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors, commonly called carcinoids, account for about 2/3 of all neuroendocrine tumors, they are relatively rare. Small intestine neuroendocrine tumors originate from intestinal enterochromaffin cells and represent about 1/4 of small intestine neoplasms. They can be asymptomatic or cause nonspecific symptoms, whi ...[more]