Lower serum activity of prolyl endopeptidase in anorexia and bulimia nervosa

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-26

  Maes, Michael ^a,b,c   Monteleone, Palmiero ^d   Bencivenga, Rachele ^d   Goossens, Filip ^e   Maj, Mario ^d   Van West, Dirk ^b   Bosmans, Eugene ^f   Scharpe, Simon ^e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Clinical Research Center for Mental Health of Antwerp   (Belgium)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Universita'di Napoli ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f Eurogenetics   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anorexia and bulimia nervosa; Peptidases; Peptides; Prolyl endopeptidase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN I; ARGIPRESSIN; BRADYKININ; GONADORELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTENSIN; OXYTOCIN; PROLINE; PROLYL ENDOPEPTIDASE; PROTIRELIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPEPTIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0035219186     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(00)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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