Relationship between total ghrelin and nutritional parameters in maintenance hemodialysis patients

• Main Authors: Rongshao Tan (Author), Yan Liu (Author), Yuehui Ge (Author), Xiaoshi Zhong (Author), Danping Qin (Author), Xiao Xiao (Author), Yuqin He (Author), Tongmei Zeng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ghrelin is regarded to be correlated to nutrition status. To verify this relationship, 30 patients on hemodialysis(HD), 18 patients with chronic kidney disease(CKD) and 18 healthy volunteers(Control) were involved in this observational study. Total plasma ghrelin(ELISA) and nutritional parameters (i...