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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm505
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Does desacyl ghrelin contribute to uraemic anorexia?

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Sir,

A study investigating the possible role of desacyl ghrelin in uraemic anorexia was published recently in the American Journal of Nephrology [1]. This study by Muscaritoli et al. shows that desacyl ghrelin levels were significantly higher in anorexic than in non-anorexic haemodialysis patients, suggesting that desacyl ghrelin may be involved in the pathogenesis of uraemic anorexia.

However, this study raises the question of how desacyl . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Maurizio Bossola, Stefania Giungi, Luigi Tazza and Giovanna Luciani

Servizio Emodialisi, Istituto di
Clinica Chirurgica
Università cattolica del sacro Cuore
Roma, Italia


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