Leptin levels in patients with anorexia nervosa are reduced in the acute stage and elevated upon short-term weight restoration

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 330-334

  Hebebrand, J ^a,f   Blum, W F ^b,c   Barth, N ^a   Coners, H ^a   Englaro, P ^c   Juul, A ^d   Ziegler, A ^a   Warnke, A ^e   Rascher, W ^c   Remschmidt, H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f Clinical Research Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Eating disorder; Energy expenditure; Fasting; Starvation; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 9844268513     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000282     Document Type: Article

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