Serum ghrelin levels partially recover with the recovery of appetite and food intake after total gastrectomy

Masaru Koizumi,Yoshinori Hosoya,Katsuya Dezaki,Toshihiko Yada,Hiroshi Hosoda,Kenji Kangawa,Hideo Nagai,Alan T. Lefor,Naohiro Sata,Yoshikazu Yasuda

Serum ghrelin levels partially recover with the recovery of appetite and food intake after total gastrectomy

2014

Masaru Koizumi
Yoshinori Hosoya
Katsuya Dezaki
Toshihiko Yada
Hiroshi Hosoda
Kenji Kangawa
Hideo Nagai
Alan T. Lefor
Naohiro Sata
Yoshikazu Yasuda

Purpose Ghrelin may lead to weight gain by appetite stimulation. This prospective study investigated the association between weight loss and the ghrelin levels in patients after gastrectomy.

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Weight gain
Ghrelin
Prospective cohort study
Appetite stimulation
General surgery
Gastrectomy
Appetite
Internal medicine
Medicine
Weight loss
Endocrinology
Diabetes mellitus
food intake

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