Elevated plasma ghrelin levels in Prader-Willi syndrome [1]

Nature Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 643-644

  Cummings, David E ^a   Clement, Karine ^b   Purnell, Jonathan Q ^c   Vaisse, Christian ^d   Foster, Karen E ^a   Frayo, R Scott ^a   Schwartz, Michael W ^a   Basdevant, Arnaud ^b   Weigle, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Paris VI University   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME 15; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FOOD INTAKE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOGONADISM; LETTER; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PHENOTYPE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036061558     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0702-643     Document Type: Letter

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