The endocrine response to acute ghrelin administration is blunted in patients with anorexia nervosa, a ghrelin hypersecretory state.

Broglio, F; Gianotti, L; Destefanis, S; Fassino, S; Abbate Daga, G; Mondelli, V; Lanfranco, F; Gottero, C; Gauna, C; Hofland, L; Van der Lely, A J; Ghigo, E

Broglio, F; Gianotti, L; Destefanis, S; Fassino, S; Abbate Daga, G; Mondelli, V; Lanfranco, F; Gottero, C; Gauna, C; Hofland, L; Van der Lely, A J; Ghigo, E.

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Broglio F; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) ; 60(5): 592-9, 2004 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15104562

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Anorexia Nervosa/physiopathology; Peptide Hormones; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/blood; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Anorexia Nervosa/blood; Blood Glucose/analysis; Case-Control Studies; Female; Ghrelin; Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone; Human Growth Hormone/blood; Humans; Hydrocortisone/blood; Insulin/blood; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/analysis; Peptide Hormones/blood; Prolactin/blood; Statistics, Nonparametric

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Anorexia Nervosa / Peptide Hormones Type of study: Observational_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: En Journal: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) Year: 2004 Document type: Article

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