Ghrelin and cachexia

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 431-

  Inui, A ^a   Meguid, M M ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ANABOLIC AGENT; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; IBUTAMOREN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIGAND; MOTILIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; APPETITE DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; CATABOLISM; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; ENDOCRINE CELL; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEART FAILURE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OBESITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 18744371010     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1326.2002.00228.x     Document Type: Letter

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