Steroid metabolism and excretion in severe anorexia nervosa: Effects of refeeding

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 911-917

  Wassif, Wassif S ^a   McLoughlin, Declan M ^b,c   Vincent, Royce P ^a   Conwy, Simon ^d   Russell, Gerald F M ^e   Taylor, Norman F ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Southgate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 20ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 5ALPHA TETRAHYDROCORTISOL; 5BETA TETRAHYDROCORTISOL; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTERONE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; HYDROCORTISONE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REFEEDING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STEROID EXCRETION; STEROID METABOLISM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTERONE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOMERISM; TETRAHYDROCORTISOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955403932     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.012666     Document Type: Article

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