Depressive symptoms may explain elevated plasma levels of homocysteine in females with eating disorders

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-86

  Frieling, Helge ^a   Römer, Konstanze D ^c   Beyer, Sabine ^a   Hillemacher, Thomas ^a   Wilhelm, Julia ^a   Jacoby, Georg Ernst ^b   de Zwaan, Martina ^a   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Hospital for Eating Disorders   (Germany)

^c University of Erlangen ^*

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Depression; Eating disorder; Folate; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 35248842731     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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