1. Treatment of Cachexia With Ghrelin in Patients With COPD
Nagaya Noritoshi , MD, Itoh Takefumi , MD, Murakami Shinsuke , MD, Oya Hideo , MD, Uematsu Masaaki , MD, Miyatake Kunio , MD, Kangawa Kenji , PhD 
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Volume 128, Issue 3, Pages (September 2005)
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2. Figure 1
Changes in serum GH level after a single administration of ghrelin in patients with COPD.
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3. Figure 2
Effects of a 3-week administration of ghrelin on food intake (left, A), body weight (middle, B), and lean body mass (right, C).
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4. Figure 3
Changes in hand-grip strength (left, A), maximal inspiratory pressure (middle, B), and maximal expiratory pressure (right, C) before and after ghrelin therapy.
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5. Figure 4
Changes in Karnofsky performance status score (left, A) and the distance walked in 6 min (right, B) before and after ghrelin therapy.
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6. Figure 5 Plasma norepinephrine level before and after ghrelin therapy.
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