Alexithymia is associated with low level of vitamin D in young healthy adults

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 284-288

  Altbäcker, Anna ^a   Plózer, Eniko ^a   Darnai, Gergely ^a   Perlaki, Gábor ^a,b   Orsi, Gergely ^a,b   Nagy, Szilvia Anett ^b   Lucza, Tivadar ^a   Schwarcz, Attila ^a   Koszegi, Tamás ^a   Kovács, Norbert ^a   Komoly, Sámuel ^a   Janszky, József ^a   Clemens, Zsófia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Pecs Diagnostic Centre   (Hungary)

^c National Institute of Neuroscience   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotional processing; Hypovitaminosis D; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908026639     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830514Y.0000000114     Document Type: Article

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