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Peptides associated with hyperphagia in adults with Prader-Willi syndrome before and during GH treatment.

Höybye C, Barkeling B, Espelund U, Petersson M, Thorén M

Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society1 Dec 2003Cited by 53 (Europe PMC)

PMID14624765 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1016/s1096-6374(03)00077-7 (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-14624765
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Results from this study1

No result from this study comes from a test of the peptide.

Natural levels measured1

These results measure the body's own peptide. Nobody was given the peptide. They are not evidence about taking it. They are left out of key results, evidence counts and charts.

  1. 01HumanEndogenous levelObservational studyOther

    In adults with Prader-Willi syndrome, baseline plasma levels of the body's own oxytocin were within the normal range.

    In plain wordsIn adults with Prader-Willi syndrome, the body's own oxytocin level at the start was within the normal range.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    Not applicableBaseline plasma oxytocin
    Study

    n = 17

    Outcome group
    Endogenous peptide levels · Endocrine and hormones

    Measurements

    Plasma oxytocin
    14.7 pmol/L
    baseline, adults with Prader-Willi syndrome

    Source sentences

    Summary
    At baseline plasma mean oxytocin was within and serum ghrelin just above the normal range (14.7+/-1.2 pmol/L and 0.87+/-0.12 microg/L, respectively).
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    Seventeen adults, 9 men and 8 women, 17-32 years of age with a mean BMI of 35+/-3.2 kg/m(2) participated.

    This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.

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  1. Version 2Current

    11 Oct 2026, 20:03 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    9 Oct 2026, 02:51 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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