Plasma ghrelin level and plasma ghrelin/obestatin ratio are related to intestinal metaplasia in elderly patients with functional dyspepsia

BACKGROUND: Whether plasma ghrelin/obestatin levels are associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, subtypes of functional dyspepsia (FD), and gastric mucosal histology has not yet been established in elderly patients. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether plasma g...

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Autores principales: Kim, Su Hwan, Kim, Ji Won, Byun, Junsu, Jeong, Ji Bong, Kim, Byeong Gwan, Lee, Kook Lae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5395142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28419119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175231