Optimizing bone health in anorexia nervosa and hypothalamic amenorrhea: New trials and tribulations

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 899-905

  Foo, Joo Pin ^a   Hamnvik, Ole Petter R ^a,b,c   Mantzoros, Christos S ^a,b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METRELEPTIN; PRASTERONE;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC AMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84862121497     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2012.01.003     Document Type: Editorial

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