Plasma Ghrelin levels in children with cystic fibrosis and healthy children

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-97

  Monajemzadeh, Maryam ^a   Mokhtari, Shahrzad ^a   Motamed, Farzaneh ^a   Shams, Sedigheh ^a   Ashtiani, Mohammad Taghi Haghi ^a   Abbasi, Ata ^a   Sani, Mehri Najafi ^a   Sadrian, Ehsan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Cystic fibrosis; Ghrelin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GHRELIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84874903762     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.28599     Document Type: Article

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