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Plasma leptin concentrations and esophageal hypomotility in obese patients

BACKGROUND: Although esophageal hypomotility is prevalent in obese patients, its cause remains unknown. Leptin, a hormone derived from adipose tissue, may be involved in this phenomenon because it has been shown to decrease gastric and intestinal motility in animals. It has been hypothesized that el...

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Publié dans:Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol
Auteurs principaux: Côté-Daigneault, Justin, Poitras, Pierre, Rabasa-Lhoret, Rémi, Bouin, Mickael
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Pulsus Group Inc 2015
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4344164/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25706575
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