Effects of age, malnutrition and refeeding on the expression and secretion of ghrelin

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 724-731

  Schneider, Stéphane M ^a,b,c   Al Jaouni, Rima ^a,b   Caruba, Céline ^a,b,c   Giudicelli, Jean ^a,b,c   Arab, Kamel ^a,b   Suavet, Florence ^a,c   Ferrari, Patricia ^a,b,c   Mothe Satney, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Van Obberghen, Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Hébuterne, Xavier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Elderly; Enteral nutrition; Ghrelin; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REFEEDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SATIETY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANOREXIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FASTING; FOOD; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH;

EID: 53749108574     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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