| Title
of the article |
Sustained appetite improvement in malnourished dialysis patients by daily ghrelin treatment. |
| Authors |
Ashby DR, Ford HE, Wynne KJ, Wren AM, Murphy KG, Busbridge M, Brown EA, Taube DH, Ghatei MA, Tam FW, Bloom SR, Choi P. |
| Journal
|
Kidney Int. 2009 Jul;76(2):199-206 |
| Subject
Consultant |
F. Mallamaci |
| Score
(1 to 3 stars) |
*** |
| Comments |
This study study shows that daily treatment with ghrelin achieves a sustained positive change in energy balance in malnourished dialysis patients. Direct manipulation of appetite with ghrelin or its analogs represents an attractive and promising therapeutic strategy for this difficult clinical problem. |
