Interaction between acyl-ghrelin and BMI predicts clinical outcomes in hemodialysis patients

Beberashvili, I; Sinuani, I; Azar, A; Shapiro, G; Feldman, L; Doenyas-Barak, K; Stav, K; Efrati, S

Beberashvili, I (reprint author), Assaf Harofeh Med Ctr, Div Nephrol, Zerifin, Israel.; Beberashvili, I (reprint author), Tel Aviv Univ, Sackler Fac Med, Tel Aviv, Israel.

BMC Nephrology, 2017; 18 ( ):

Abstract

Background: Ghrelin, a gastric orexigenic peptide, and body mass index (BMI) are known as inversely associated to each other and are both linked to ca......

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