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The therapeutic value of somatostatin and its analogues
S Farooqi1, J S Bevan, M C Sheppard
1Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Pituitary
|November 18, 2000
Abstract:
In this review we discuss the physiological effects of somatostatin, which are mediated by specific receptor subtypes on different tissues. These observations have suggested new therapeutic possibilities for the use of the synthetic somatostatin analogues in the treatment of acromegaly as well as a number of other endocrine and non-endocrine disorders.