A critique of the literature on etiology of eating disorders

Annals of Neurosciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 157-161

  Rikani, Azadeh A ^a,b   Choudhry, Zia ^a,b,c   Choudhry, Adnan M ^c   Ikram, Huma ^d   Asghar, Muhammad W ^e   Kajal, Dilkash ^f   Waheed, Abdul ^g   Mobassarah, Nusrat J ^h  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Division of Research and Medical Education International Maternal and Child Health Foundation   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Binge eating disorder; Bulimia nervosa; Co morbidity; Etiology

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANABOLIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMENORRHEA; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL EATING DISORDER; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CACHEXIA; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY; EATING HABIT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEREDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; IRRITABILITY; LIFESTYLE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STARVATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL; TWINS; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84896696904     PISSN: 09727531     EISSN: 09763260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.200409     Document Type: Article

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