Low plasma cortisol in bulimia nervosa patients with reversed neurovegetative symptoms of depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 366-368

  Levitan, Robert D ^a,c   Kaplan, Allan S ^a   Brown, Gregory M ^a   Joffe, Russell T ^b   Levitt, Anthony J ^b   Vaccarino, Franco J ^a   Kennedy, Sidney H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

atypical depression; bulimia nervosa; cortisol; depression; seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULIMIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

EID: 0031081814     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00432-5     Document Type: Article

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