Short-term secretory regulation of the active form of ghrelin and total ghrelin during an oral glucose tolerance test in patients with anorexia nervosa

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 913-914

  Nakai, Yoshikatsu ^a   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^b,c   Nin, Kazuko ^d   Ooya, Chizuru ^a   Hayashi, Hiromi ^a   Akamizu, Takashi ^b   Kangawa, Kenji ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BLOOD; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; SECRETION;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; PEPTIDE HORMONES;

EID: 3242723181     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1500913     Document Type: Letter

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