A case of false positive octreoscan in Crohn's disease
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 10:28
in Biology & Nature
Neuroendocrine tumours, such as carcinoid tumours, overexpress somatostatin receptors in their membranes. Octreotide is an analogue whose molecule is a shortened version of somatostatin's with a high affinity for these receptor...
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