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Ghrelin and Functional Dyspepsia
The majority of patients with dyspepsia have no identifiable cause of their disease, leading to a diagnosis of functional dyspepsia (FD). While a number of different factors affect gut activity, components of the nervous and endocrine systems are essential for normal gut function. Communication between the brain and gut occurs via direct neural connections or endocrine signaling events. Ghrelin...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Peptides
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1687-9767,1687-9775
DOI: 10.1155/2010/548457