Low leptin levels predict amenorrhea in underweight and eating disordered females

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-340

  Kopp W ^a   Blum, W F ^b,c   Von Prittwitz, S ^d   Ziegler, A ^d   Lubbert H ^a   Emons, G ^d   Herzog, W ^e   Herpertz, S ^f   Deter, H C ^a   Remschmidt, H ^d   Hebebrand, J ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c Lilly GmbH   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Body fat; Body mass index; Bulimia nervosa; Estradiol; Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Menstruation; Obese protein; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 9844246447     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000287     Document Type: Article

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