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Anorexia Nervosa
Nutritional rehabilitation effects in anorexia patients reported
February 10th, 2005
Researchers report the effect of nutritional rehabilitation on circulating ghrelin and growth hormone levels in patients with anorexia nervosa in a recent issue of Regulatory Peptides. "Circulating ghrelin and growth hormone (GH) are up-regulated in anorexia nervosa (AN) as a consequence of prolonged starvation. The current study examines the effect of nutritional rehabilitation with improvement of eating behavior on ghrelin and GH levels in AN patients during the course of inpatient treatment. The subjects included 34 female AN patients and 9 age-matched female controls. Fasting blood samples were collected before, during and after treatment. For data analysis,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-10)
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