The endocrinology of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 195-212

  Newman, M M ^a   Halmi, K A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; ARGIPRESSIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; REVIEW; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THYROID GLAND;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARGIPRESSIN; BULIMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0023939510     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8529(18)30441-9     Document Type: Review

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