Symptomatic relapse in bulimia nervosa following acute tryptophan depletion

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-176

  Smith, Katharine A ^a   Fairburn, Christopher G ^a   Cowen, Philip J ^a,b  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; NEUROTRANSMISSION; RELAPSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFFECT; AMINO ACIDS; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0033042794     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.2.171     Document Type: Article

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