Plasma ghrelin concentration correlates with the levels of serum pepsinogen I and pepsinogen I/II ratio - A possible novel and non-invasive marker for gastric atrophy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 59, 2004, Pages 1249-1254

  Suzuki, Hidekazu ^a   Masaoka, Tatsuhiro ^a   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^b   Nomura, Sachiko ^a   Ohara, Tadashi ^c   Kangawa, Kenji ^b   Ishii, Hiromasa ^a   Hibi, Toshifumi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active ghrelin; H. pylori; Pepsinogen I; Pepsinogen II; Total ghrelin

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; PEPSINOGEN I; PEPSINOGEN II;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH MUCOSA; SYMPTOM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPSINOGEN A; PEPSINOGEN C; PEPTIDE HORMONES; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS;

EID: 3343023726     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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