Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 121-128 , July 2008

Elevated ghrelin level in women of normal weight with amenorrhea is related to disordered eating

Received 27 October 2006 ,Revised 31 May 2007 ,Accepted 4 June 2007.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grants No. R01HD-2217101-07 and R01 HD36444-01-5.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01244-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.002

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