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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2006; 12(19): 3096-3100
Published online May 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i19.3096
Low serum levels of ghrelin are associated with gallstone disease
Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Guadalupe Ponciano-Rodríguez, Luisa Bermejo-Martínez, Antonio R Villa, Norberto C Chávez-Tapia, Daniel Zamora-Valdés, Raúl Pichardo-Bahena, Blanca Barredo-Prieto, Martha H Uribe-Ramos, Martha H Ramos, Héctor A Baptista-González, Misael Uribe
Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Norberto C Chávez-Tapia, Daniel Zamora-Valdés, Raúl Pichardo-Bahena, Blanca Barredo-Prieto, Martha H Uribe-Ramos, Martha H Ramos, Misael Uribe, Liver Unit, Biomedical Research Department, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico
Guadalupe Ponciano-Rodríguez, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Luisa Bermejo-Martínez, Héctor A Baptista-González, Clinical Research Department, National Institute of Perinatology, Mexico City, Mexico
Antonio R Villa, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work
Supported by Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation
Correspondence to: Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, MD,PhD, Departments of Biomedical Research, Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Puente de Piedra 150, Col. Toriello Guerra, Mexico City, Mexico. nmendez@medicasur.org.mx
Telephone: +52-55-56066222-4215 Fax: +52-55-56664031
Received: November 4, 2005
Revised: December 18, 2005
Accepted: December 22, 2005
Published online: May 21, 2006
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