Steroid Metabolism and Excretion in Anorexia Nervosa

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-140

  Wassif, Wassif Samuel ^a   Ross, Andrew Rashad ^b  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospitals   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Pituitary adrenal system; Refeeding; Steroid; Urinary steroid profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876697836     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-410473-0.00005-2     Document Type: Chapter

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