The young female athlete

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 43-49

  Hurvitz, Michal ^a   Weiss, Ram ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Eating disorders; Female athletes; Leptin; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AMENORRHEA; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC TRIAD; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; CALORIC INTAKE; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; NUTRITION; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ATHLETES; EATING DISORDERS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650038280     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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