Amenorrhea in eating disorders: Poor stability of symptom after a one-year treatment

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Abbate Daga, Giovanni ^a   Campisi, S ^a   Marzola, E ^a   Rocca, G ^a   Peris, C ^b   Campagnoli, C ^b   Peloso, A ^a   Vesco, S ^a   Rigardetto, R ^a   Fassino, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Unit of Endocrinological Gynecology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; BMI; Diagnostic criteria; Eating disorders; Personality; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY 2; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHARACTER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869017373     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/7962     Document Type: Article

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