Is amenorrhea a critical criterion for anorexia nervosa?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 435-440

  Cachelin, Fary M ^a   Maher, Brendan A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Anorexia nervosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032032124     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00268-7     Document Type: Article

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