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Ghrelin and Metabolic Surgery
Metabolic surgery is the most effective treatment for morbid obesity. Ghrelin has been implicated to play a role in the success of these procedures. Furthermore, these operations have been used to study the gut-brain axis. This article explores this interaction, reviewing the available data on chang...
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| Formato: | Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2911614/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20700402 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/217267 |
| Sumario: | Metabolic surgery is the most effective treatment for morbid obesity. Ghrelin has been implicated to play a role in the success of these procedures. Furthermore, these operations have been used to study the gut-brain axis. This article explores this interaction, reviewing the available data on changes in ghrelin levels after different surgical procedures. |
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