Paradoxical Increase of plasma vitamin B12 and folates with disease severity in anorexia nervosa

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 317-322

  Corbetta, Fabiola ^a,b   Tremolizzo, Lucio ^a,b   Conti, Elisa ^a,b   Ferrarese, Carlo ^a,b   Neri, Francesca ^a,b   Bomba, Monica ^a,b   Nacinovich, Renata ^a,b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

adolescents; anorexia nervosa; liver dysfunction; transaminases; vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTERASE; TRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; CHILD; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY 3 SCALE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; ESTERASES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; TRANSFERASES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84925445033     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22371     Document Type: Article

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