Treatment goal weight in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: Use of BMI percentiles

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-306

  Golden, Neville H ^a,b   Jacobson, Marc S ^b   Sterling, Wendy Meyer ^b   Hertz, Stanley ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anorexia nervosa; Treatment goal weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOALS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 42549114422     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20503     Document Type: Article

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