Serum amylase in bulimia nervosa and purging disorder: Differentiating the association with binge eating versus purging behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 684-686

  Wolfe, Barbara E ^a   Jimerson, David C ^b   Smith, Adrian ^a   Keel, Pamela K ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Bulimia nervosa; Hyperamylasemia; Purging disorder; Self induced vomiting; Serum amylase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADULT; AGE; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLASES; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051589357     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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