... the transformational impact this class of agents had on specific disease subsets resulting in regulatory approval 25 years ago. Autoradiography techniques using somatostatin resulted in identifying, localizing and characterizing its receptor subtypes. Translating in vitro data to in vivo resulted in scintigraphic...

... 1999. A total of 101 patients (43 male, 58 female) wereobserved for 5 years. Their average age was 34.4 ± 11.8 (15-55). Subjects were classified bydaily proteinuria (UP) and serum creatinine (sCr); UP excreted below 0.5 g/day was definedas stage 1, 0.5-1.0g/da y defined as stage 2, more than 1.0g/da y...

... isone of the major determinants of whole-body composition during the first year of life.Among the techniques dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and, more recently,air displacement plethysmography appear to be major techniques that have been evaluatedin infants. Determination of weight gain...