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Evidence for Paracrine Function of Somatostatin

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Somatostatin

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The title of this debate, “Somatostatin is a hormone,” and my task to question this thesis implies that I have proof against this proposition. There are numerous data supporting the hormonal role of somatostatin and I suppose that they will be presented in the next lecture.

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Gottingen, Germany

    Werner Creutzfeldt

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Creutzfeldt, W. (1987). Evidence for Paracrine Function of Somatostatin. In: Reichlin, S. (eds) Somatostatin. Serono Symposia, USA. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5326-3_19

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