Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 506-511 , May 2009

Circulating ghrelin/obestatin ratio in subjects with Helicobacter pylori infection

  • Xin-Yuan Gao, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, The First Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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  • Hong-Yu Kuang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, The First Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCo-corresponding authors. Tel./fax: +86-451-5364-5060
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  • Xiao-Min Liu, M.M.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, The First Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCo-corresponding authors. Tel./fax: +86-451-5364-5060
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  • Peng Duan, M.M.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, The Third Hospital of NanChang, NanChang, China
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  • Yi Yang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The First Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
    • ,
  • Zhi-Bin Ma, M.M.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, The First Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Received 19 August 2008 ,Accepted 4 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.11.002

Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 506-511 , May 2009

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