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Cortistatin: not just another somatostatin analog

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de Lecea, L., Castaño, J. Cortistatin: not just another somatostatin analog. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2, 356–357 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0219

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