Weight and growth requirements for menarche in teenage girls with eating disorders, weight loss and primary amenorrhea

Hormone Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-151

  Swenne, Ingemar ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorder; Menarche; Primary amenorrhea; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 38549086505     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112587     Document Type: Article

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