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Absence of somatostatin receptors in psoriatic skin lesions

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Reubi, J.C., Hunziker, T. Absence of somatostatin receptors in psoriatic skin lesions. Arch Dermatol Res 282, 139–141 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00493474

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