Open AccessGhrelin and Bone Metabolism in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa and Healthy Adolescents
Author(s) -
Madhusmita Misra,
Karen K. Miller,
Victoria Stewart,
Emily Hunter,
Kelly Kuo,
David B. Herzog,
Anne Klibanski
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2005-0512
Subject(s) - ghrelin , anorexia nervosa , endocrinology , medicine , anorexia , metabolism , eating disorders , hormone , psychiatry
Anorexia nervosa (AN) in adolescents is associated with low bone mineral density (BMD) and increases in ghrelin secretion, an orexigenic GH secretagogue that stimulates osteoblast proliferation in vitro.
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