Differences in serum Zn levels in acutely Ill and recovered adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa - A pilot study

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-210

  Zepf, Florian Daniel ^a,b   Sungurtekin, Idil ^c   Glass, Franziska ^d   Elstrodt, Linda ^d   Peetz, Dirk ^e,f   Hintereder, Gudrun ^d   Kratzsch, Jürgen ^g   Poustka, Fritz ^d   Herpertz Dahlmann, Beate ^a,b   Wöckel, Lars ^a,d,h  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JARA Translational Brain Medicine   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e HELIOS KLINIKUM BERLIN BUCH   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h Clienia Littenheid AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; neurobiology; remission; zinc

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESCITALOPRAM; OLANZAPINE; PHOSPHORUS; SERTRALINE; ZINC;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC METABOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CALCIUM; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; PHOSPHATES; PILOT PROJECTS; ZINC;

EID: 84859890390     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1164     Document Type: Review

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