Thyroid function in bulimia nervosa

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-261

  Altemus, Margaret ^a   Hetherington, Marion ^b   Kennedy, Bingham ^a   Licinio, Julio ^a   Gold, Philip W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Bulimia; Thyroid hormone; TSH; TSH surge

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030131129     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(96)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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