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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2015 Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric condition characterized by severe weight loss and secondary problems associated with malnutrition. AN predominantly develops in adolescence in the peripubertal period. Without early effective treatment, the course is protracted with physical, psychological and social morbidity and high mortality.
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Copeptin in anorexia nervosa [PDF]
Brain and Behavior, 2020 AbstractObjectiveAntidiuretic hormone (ADH) is involved in the response to stress and in depression and anxiety. However, studies on ADH in anorexia nervosa (AN) show conflicting results. A major reason for this may be methodological challenges due to short half‐life of ADH in circulation and rapid degradation in vitro.
Jens P. Goetze, René Klinkby Støving
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Homeostasis in anorexia nervosa [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2014 Brainstem and hypothalamic "orexigenic/anorexigenic" networks are thought to maintain body weight homeostasis in response to hormonal and metabolic feedback from peripheral sites. This approach has not been successful in managing over- and underweight patients.
Cecilia Bergh +3 more
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Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 1989 Many theories have been advanced in an attempt to understand and treat anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder primarily affecting adolescent females. A description of clinical signs and symptoms and the criteria for diagnosis is provided. A current review of the literature summarizes the major theories of etiology and treatment. A case study is presented,
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Heart and anorexia nervosa [PDF]
Heart Failure Reviews, 2019 Anorexia nervosa, one of the more frequent and severe eating disorders, is a chronic psychiatric disease with potentially serious somatic consequences. This behavioral symptomatology leads to weight loss, undernutrition, and more or less severe-potentially life-threatening-somatic complications including respiratory, hepatic, digestive and cardiac ...
Fayssoil, Abdallah +2 more
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