Plasma levels of neuroactive steroids are increased in untreated women with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-68

  Monteleone, Palmiero ^a   Luisi, Michele ^b   Colurcio, Barbara ^a   Casarosa, Elena ^b   Monteleone, Patrizia ^b   Ioime, Raffaele ^a   Genazzani, Andrea R ^b   Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Cortisol; Neuroactive steroids

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0035145064     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200101000-00008     Document Type: Article

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