Screening for anorexia nervosa via measurement of serum leptin levels

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 571-578

  Focker M ^a   Timmesfeld, N ^b   Scherag, S ^a   Buhren K ^c   Langkamp, M ^d   Dempfle, A ^b   Sheridan, E M ^e   De Zwaan, M ^f   Fleischhaker, C ^g   Herzog, W ^h   Egberts, K ⁱ   Zipfel, S ^j   Herpertz Dahlmann, B ^c   Hebebrand, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Mediagnost   (Germany)

^e ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Hypoleptinemia; Leptin threshold; Screening; State marker

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCREENING; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956201183     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-010-0551-z     Document Type: Article

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