Cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of ghrelin in patients with multiple sclerosis

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-17

  Unger, Marcus M ^a,b   Oertel, Wolfgang H ^a   Tackenberg, Bjorn ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cerebrospinal fluid; Ghrelin; Growth hormone secretagogues receptor; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

EID: 84876278188     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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