Changes of body composition in bulimia nervosa: Increased visceral fat and adrenal gland size

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-97

  Ludescher, Burkhard ^a,b   Leitlein, Gabriele ^b   Schaefer, Jacques Emmanuel ^b   Vanhoeffen, Stefanie ^b   Baar, Sophia ^b   MacHann, Juergen ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a   Eschweiler, Gerhard W ^b  

^a University Clinic Tuebingen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Bulimia nervosa; Fat distribution

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY MRI; AMENORRHEA; BODY MASS; CHEMISTRY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; HYPERTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SALIVA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOKING;

HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTROPHY; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SALIVA; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549165549     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181904f59     Document Type: Article

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