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Plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor in women after bariatric surgery: a pilot study
Zaher O Merhi1, Howard Minkoff, Geralyn M Lambert-Messerlian
1Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. zom00@hotmail.com
Fertility and Sterility
|October 28, 2008
Abstract:
Eighteen morbidly obese women had plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) measured before bariatric surgery and 3 months postoperatively. We analyzed plasma BDNF levels in all the participants then subdivided according to menopausal status and type of surgery. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor decreased significantly in all the participants and in the premenopausal group when looked at in isolation.
