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    Italian Society of Endocrinology Career Award Lecture: From somatostatin to… somatomedin

    Somatostatin plays different parts in hormonal regulation through 5 specific receptors in human body. It has two interesting actions such as an antisecretory activity, mostly on the gastrointestinal system and...

    D. Ferone MD, PhD in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2012)

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    Pre-surgical treatment with somatostatin analogues in patients with acromegaly: The case for

    D. Ferone MD, PhD, F. Gatto, F. Minuto in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2012)

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    Immunohistochemical localization and quantitative expression of somatostatin receptors in normal human spleen and thymus: Implications for the in vivo visualization during somatostatin receptor scintigraphy

    Background: [111In-DTPA-D-Phe1]-octreotide scintigraphy allows the visualization of SRIF receptor (SSR)-expressing tumors, including thymic tumors, and normal tissues. While the spleen is clearly...

    D. Ferone MD, PhD, R. Pivonello in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2012)

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    Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in thoracic diseases

    Somatostatin (SS) receptor scintigraphy is useful for the diagnosis of lesions with high density of SS receptors, and above all neuroendocrine tumors. For several years, only indium-labeled octreotide has been...

    P. Ameri, F. Gatto, M. Arvigo, G. Villa in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2007)