Serum albumin levels may not correlate with weight status in severe anorexia nervosa

Eating Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 322-326

  Narayanan, Vignesh ^a   Gaudiani, Jennifer L ^a   Mehler, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LEG EDEMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SEIZURE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68049119921     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260902991202     Document Type: Article

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