Brain structure alterations associated with weight changes in young females with anorexia nervosa: a case series

Neurocase

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-177

  Fuglset, Tone Seim ^a   Endestad, Tor ^b   Landrø, Nils Inge ^b   Rø, Øyvind ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; eating disorders; magnetic resonance imaging; neuroimaging; weight changes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY CHECKING QUESTIONNAIRE; BODY MASS; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; WEIGHT CHANGE; YOUNG ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84920544413     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2013.878728     Document Type: Article

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