Article
Saliva and Serum Ghrelin and Obestatin in Iron Deficiency Anemia Patients
2018-07-23
Abstract excerpt
Ghrelin and obestatin, two antagonist peptide hormones, are purportedly involved in stimulating appetite and controlling energy balance in humans. Serum ghrelin level is also associated with iron deficiency anemia (IDA), but no study has yet been made of the obestatin level in patients with IDA, even though both hormones are a single gene product. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation is to see whether ther...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4db8b8a3-21d3-5de1-89e8-74d6ce3ee134
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints201807.0422.v1
