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[Somatostatin, somatostatin analogs and their clinical use]
1III. interní klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha. mkrse@lf1.cuni.cz
Casopis Lekaru Ceskych
|May 22, 2003
Abstract:
Somatostatin is a hormone with broad spectrum of physiological effects. Somatostatin and its analogues are employed in the diagnosis and treatment of various clinical conditions. The article reviews the use of somatostatine and somatostatine analogues in the clinical medicine. It also comprises the overview of the basic therapeutical and diagnostic indications for somatostatine and its analogues and the theoretical basis of their use.