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pegvisomant both improve insulin sensitivity ( 6 ), glucose metabolism may improve or worsen when patients are treated with first-generation somatostatin receptor ligands (SRLs), octreotide and lanreotide ( 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ). Pasireotide is a somatostatin
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