Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Use of Somatostatin Analogs. When and How?

Moncayo, R.

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R. Moncayo

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The use of somatostatin analogs in nuclear medicine procedures has been centered on the oncological diagnostic procedures that can be accomplished using these peptides.

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Dipartimento Scienze Cliniche, Servizio Medicina Nucleare, Università La Sapienza di Roma, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Roma, Italy
Alberto Signore MD
Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Section of Muclear Medicine, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Roma, Italy
Mauro Liberatore MD
Dipartimento Scienze Radiologiche, Università La Sapienza di Roma, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Roma, Italy
Francesco Scopinaro MD

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Moncayo, R. (2003). Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Use of Somatostatin Analogs. When and How?. In: Signore, A., Liberatore, M., Scopinaro, F. (eds) Nuclear Medicine in the Management of Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05289-1_24

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