A Multicenter Experience with Long-Acting Somatostatin Analogues in Patients with Congenital Hyperinsulinism
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DOI: 10.1159/000485184
Abstract: Background/Aims: Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is a rare disease characterized by recurrent severe hypoglycemia. In the diffuse form of CHI, pharmacotherapy is the preferred choice of treatment. Long-acting somatostatin analogues have been used in children as… read more here.
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Changes in biodistribution on 68Ga-DOTA-Octreotate PET/CT after long acting somatostatin analogue therapy in neuroendocrine tumour patients may result in pseudoprogression
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DOI: 10.1186/s40644-018-0136-x
Abstract: BackgroundTo evaluate the effects of long-acting somatostatin analogue (SSA) therapy on 68Ga-DOTA-octreotate (GaTate) uptake at physiological and metastatic sites in neuroendocrine tumour (NET) patients.MethodsTwenty-one patients who underwent GaTate PET/CT before and after commencement of SSA… read more here.
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