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

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.The aim of this study was to determine whether plasma ghrelin and obestatin lev...

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Main Authors: Su Hwan Kim, Ji Won Kim, Junsu Byun, Ji Bong Jeong, Byeong Gwan Kim, Kook Lae Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5395142?pdf=render