Plasma homocysteine levels in female patients with eating disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-284

  Levine, Joseph ^a,b   Gur, Eitan ^c   Loewenthal, Ron ^c,d   Vishne, Tali ^e   Dwolatzky, Tzvi ^b   Van Beynum, Ingrid M ^f   Sela, Ben Ami ^c,d   Vered, Iris ^c,d   Yosef, Galit ^c,d   Stein, Daniel ^c,d  

^a MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bone density; Bulimia nervosa; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BULIMIA; COFFEE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 33947533002     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20361     Document Type: Article

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