%0 Journal Article
%T GHRELIN LEVEL IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS
%A A. Elaghori
%A E. Azzam
%A N. Abu Elfotoh
%A P.E.S. Salem
%J Archive of "Acta Endocrinologica (Bucharest)".
%D 2019
%R 10.4183/aeb.2019.62
%X Ghrelin is a gastro-duodenal hormone which plays a major role in the regulation of food intake, energy balance and gastrokinesis. Ghrelin represents a novel biological marker for assessment of the presence as well as the severity of liver cirrhosis. We aimed to measure the level of plasma ghrelin in patients with liver cirrhosis (compensated and decompensated) and to correlate its level with different studied clinical and laboratory parameters
%K Plasma ghrelin level
%K Non-invasive serum biomarker
%K liver cirrhosis
%K compensated and decompensated cirrhosis
%K severity of liver disease
%K anti-fibrotic effect of ghrelin
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6535318/