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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Finds Increased Blood Levels of All Forms of Ghrelin in Both Restricting and Binge-Eating/Purging Subtypes of Anorexia Nervosa.
Nutrients - 23 Feb 2021
Seidel Maria, Markmann Jensen Signe, Healy Darren, Dureja Aakriti, Watson Hunna J, Holst Birgitte, Bulik Cynthia M, Sjögren Jan Magnus
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Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe psychiatric condition associated with high mortality and chronicity. The hunt for state, trait, subtyping, and prognostic biomarkers is ongoing and the orexigenic hormone ghrelin and its different forms, acyl ghrelin and desacyl ghrelin, have been proposed to be increased in AN, especially in the restrictive subtype. A systematic literature search was performed using established...
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