Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 413-419 , April 2009

Ghrelin/obestatin ratio in two populations with low bodyweight: Constitutional thinness and anorexia nervosa

  • Natacha Germain

      Affiliations

    • Service d’Endocrinologie de CHU Saint Etienne, France
    • ,
  • Bogdan Galusca

      Affiliations

    • Service d’Endocrinologie de CHU Saint Etienne, France
    • ,
  • Dominique Grouselle

      Affiliations

    • UMR 894 INSERM, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, IFR Broca-Sainte Anne, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Delphine Frere

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Médecine Nucléaire de CHU Saint Etienne, France
    • ,
  • Virginie Tolle

      Affiliations

    • UMR 894 INSERM, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, IFR Broca-Sainte Anne, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Philippe Zizzari

      Affiliations

    • UMR 894 INSERM, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, IFR Broca-Sainte Anne, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • François Lang

      Affiliations

    • Service de Psychiatrie de CHU Saint Etienne, France
    • ,
  • Jacques Epelbaum

      Affiliations

    • UMR 894 INSERM, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, IFR Broca-Sainte Anne, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Estour

      Affiliations

    • Service d’Endocrinologie de CHU Saint Etienne, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Endocrinology Department, CHU Saint Etienne, 42055 Saint Etienne, Cedex 2, France. Tel.: +33 4 77 12 77 27; fax: +33 4 77 12 04 93.

Received 25 July 2008 ,Revised 1 September 2008 ,Accepted 1 October 2008.

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PII: S0306-4530(08)00262-X

doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.10.001

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 413-419 , April 2009

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