Night eating syndrome: An overview

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-10

  Milano, Walter ^a   De Rosa, Michele ^a   Milano, Luca ^a   Capasso, Anna ^b  

^a ASL Napoli 1 Centro   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

behaviour; NES; therapy

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MELANOCORTIN; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; PRAMIPEXOLE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TOPIRAMATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NIGHT EATING SYNDROME; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP RELATED EATING DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 83555172420     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: 20427158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.2011.01353.x     Document Type: Review

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