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- Title
Effects of short‐term recombinant human growth hormone therapy on plasma leptin concentrations in dialysis patients.
- Authors
Iglesias, Pedro; Díez, Juan José; Fernández‐Reyes, Ma José; Bajo, Mc Auxiliadore; Aguilera, Abelardo; Méndez, Javier; Codoceo, Rosa; Selgas, Rafael
- Abstract
Background. Hyperleptinaemia is a well‐known biochemical feature found in uraemic patients. However, little is known about the hormonal regulation of leptin in chronic renal disease. Recent studies have shown that circulating leptin levels are modified by treatment with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), by recombinant insulin‐like growth factor I (rhIGF I), or by a combination of rhIGF I plus rhGH in patients with chronic renal failure. We performed a prospective study to assess plasma leptin concentrations in a group of dialysis patients both before and during short‐term rhGH therapy.
- Publication
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2002, Vol 17, Issue 2, p260
- ISSN
0931-0509
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/17.2.260