Athletic amenorrhea: Energy deficit or psychogenic challenge

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1205, Issue , 2010, Pages 33-38

  Pauli, Samuel A ^a   Berga, Sarah L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

athletic amenorrhea; cognitive behavioral therapy; energy deficit; hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; metabolic stress; psychogenic stress

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

AMENORRHEA; ATHLETIC AMENORRHEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC STRESS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; ATHLETE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPLICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AMENORRHEA; ATHLETES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957061105     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05663.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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