Application of ghrelin to gastrointestinal diseases

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1103-1107

  Venkova, K ^a   Greenwood Van Meerveld, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related anorexia; Chemotherapy induced dyspepsia; Gastrointestinal motility; Gastroparesis; Ghrelin; Postoperative ileus

Indexed keywords

BETHANECHOL; CISAPRIDE; CISPLATIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; GHRELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IBUTAMOREN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PLACEBO; RC 1139; TEGASEROD; TZP 101; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANOREXIA; APPETITE DISORDER; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPEPSIA; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; ILEUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STOMACH PARESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APPETITE; DYSPEPSIA; EATING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROPARESIS; GHRELIN; HUMANS;

EID: 53049086387     PISSN: 14724472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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