Leptin in relation to resumption of menses in women with anorexia nervosa

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 544-547

  Audi, L ^a   Mantzoros, C S ^a,c   Vidal Puig, A ^b   Vargas, D ^a   Gussinye, M ^b   Carrascosa, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Israel Deaconess Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorder; Estradiol; Growth hormone; IGF 1; Leptin; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031766810     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000418     Document Type: Article

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