@Article{Erden2016,
journal="Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii",
issn="1642-395X",
volume="33",
number="6",
year="2016",
title="Serum ghrelin levels in patients with Behcet’s disease",
abstract=" Introduction:  Behcet’s disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology.    Aim:  To measure serum ghrelin levels in BD patients and healthy controls and to investigate its association with metabolic syndrome (MetS).   Material and methods:  Thirty BD patients and 30 healthy individuals were enrolled in the study. Ghrelin levels were measured in blood samples using ELISA.    Results : The mean serum ghrelin level in BD patients (28.57 ±14.04) was significantly lower compared to healthy controls (40.72 ±23.21) (p = 0.01). The mean serum ghrelin level in BD patients who had MetS (24.18 ±12.73) was lower compared to BD patients who did not have MetS (30.77 ±14.45), but this difference was not significant (p > 0.05).   Conclusions : Ghrelin levels were lower in BD patients compared to healthy controls. There was no association between reduced ghrelin levels and MetS; however, there was a negative correlation between ghrelin levels and disease activity.",
author="Erden, Ilker
and Uçak, Haydar
and Demir, Betül
and Cicek, Demet
and Dertlioğlu, Selma Bakar
and Aydin, Suleyman
and Ozturk, Savas",
pages="450--456",
doi="10.5114/ada.2016.63884",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ada.2016.63884"
}