| Literature DB >> 7911261 |
K J O'Byrne1, N J O'Hare, P J Freyne, D A Luke, L J Clancy, J S Prichard, D N Carney.
Abstract
Neuroendocrine tumours are characterised by the expression of high affinity binding sites for somatostatin. The detection of bronchial carcinoid tumours through scintigraphic imaging is described in two patients using the novel radiolabelled somatostatin analogue indium-111 pentetreotide.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7911261 PMCID: PMC1021164 DOI: 10.1136/thx.49.3.284
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Thorax ISSN: 0040-6376 Impact factor: 9.139