Haematological changes and iron status in teenage girls with eating disorders and weight loss - The importance of menstrual status

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 530-533

  Swenne, Ingemar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Anaemia; Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorder; Ferritin; Leukocyte; Thrombocyte

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENSTRUATION; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33947498037     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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