Early-onset anorexia nervosa: Is there evidence of limbic system imbalance?

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 388-396

  Chowdhury, Uttom ^a   Gordon, Isky ^a   Lask, Bryan ^b,c   Watkins, Beth ^b   Watt, Hilary ^b   Christie, Deborah ^d  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c London Huntercombe Manor Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Limbic system; Regional cerebral blood flow; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EATING DISORDER; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE TRACT; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0037401585     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.10155     Document Type: Article

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