Ghrelin increases energy intake in cancer patients with impaired appetite: Acute, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2832-2836

  Neary, Nicola M ^a   Small, Caroline J ^a   Wren, Alison M ^a   Lee, Jennifer L ^a   Druce, Maralyn R ^a   Palmieri, Carlo ^a   Frost, Gary S ^a   Ghatei, Mohammad A ^a   Coombes, R Charles ^a   Bloom, Stephen R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; APPETITE DISORDER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PLACEBOS;

EID: 2942670638     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031768     Document Type: Conference Paper

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