Symptom fluctuation in bulimia nervosa: Relation to menstrual-cycle phase and cortisol levels

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-60

  Lester, Natalie A ^a   Keel, P K ^a   Lipson, S F ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LUTEAL PHASE; MEDICAL CARE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; OVULATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECORDING; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULIMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA;

EID: 0037240767     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702006815     Document Type: Article

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