Total serum cholesterol and suicidality in anorexia nervosa

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 548-552

  Favaro, Angela ^a   Caregaro, Lorenza ^a   Di Pascoli, Lorenza ^a   Brambilla, Francesca ^b   Santonastaso, Paolo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Psychiatric Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Depression; Self injurious behavior; Serum cholesterol; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA; CHOLESTEROL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 3242764431     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000127873.31062.80     Document Type: Article

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