Circulating ghrelin levels are not associated with craving and withdrawal symptoms in acute nicotine withdrawal

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-230

  Mutschler, Jochen ^a   Graf, Nicole ^b   Spanaus, Katharina S ^c   Rössler, Wulf ^a   Hergan, Klaus ^d   Binkert, Christoph A ^b   Gutzeit, Andreas ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; GHRELIN; NICOTINE;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAGERSTROM TEST OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MALE; MINNESOTA NICOTINE WITHDRAWAL SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE OF SMOKING URGES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84864865150     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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