...Louise Cominato; Mariana Moraes Xavier da Silva; Leandra Steinmetz; Vanessa Pinzon; Bacy Fleitlich-Bilyk; Durval Damiani Background: Follow-up visits of patients recovering from anorexia nervosa (AN) have shown that some patients do not resume menstrual cycles despite returning to the normal weight...

...Oliver Fricke; Ralf Beccard; Oliver Semler; Angelika Stabrey; Baerbel Tutlewski; Gerd Lehmkuhl; Eckhard Schoenau Background/Aim: Females with anorexia nervosa (AN) are often affected by osteoporosis. The study intends to investigate the association between serum levels of the N-terminal propeptide...

.... Anorexia nervosa Eating disorder Thyroid Triiodothyronine Thyroxine Thyroid-stimulating hormone Nutrition In healthy individuals, circulating thyroid hormones are sensitive to nutritional status. Especially serum triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations decrease within days if energy intake...

...J. Argente; N. Caballo; V. Barriosa; M.T. Muñoz; J. Pozo; J.A. Chowen; M. Hernández Numerous endocrine abnormalities of the growth hormone (GH)-insulin-like growth factor axis have been described in patients with both anorexia nervosa and obesity during childhood and adolescence. These alterations...

... Anorexia nervosa Leptin Obesity Regulation 6 1 2009 Horm one R e se a rch Horm R es 1997;48(suppl 4):2 8 wf Leptin:The Voice of the Lilly Germany: Lilly Research Laboratories; A / i i i t A O O T l C C l l O University Children s Hospital, M lJ ip O o ti I IS S U C Giessen, Germany Keyw ord...

... 1995;43:168-170 Treatment and Outcome of Adolescent Anorexia nervosa Key Words Anorexia nervosa Adolescence Treatment Outcome Abstract Treatment of adolescent anorectic patients includes a comprehensive assess­ ment of the patient s condition, measures leading to effective weight restora­ tion...

...Koichiro Takeno; Hajime Tamai; Sunao Matsubayashi; Nobuyuki Kobayashi; Tetsuya Nakagawa; Noboru Yanaihara Patients with anorexia nervosa occasionally suffer from hypoglycemic comas. We investigated the role of human pancreatic polypeptide (HPP) in insulin-induced hypoglycemia (0.1 U/kg of regular...

... the abnormal response to exogenous CRH in various psychiatric syndromes, including major depression and anorexia nervosa. We also contrast pituitary responses to CRH in patients with depression versus Cushing’s disease. We hypothesize that CRH may play a role in the pathogenesis of various psychiatric...

...J. Buvat; M. Buvat-Herbaut; A. Lemaire; A. Racadot; J.C. Fourlinnie Plasma estradiol (E 2 ), serum LH and FSH, and the gonadotropin response to two consecutive LHRH administrations (10 and 100 µg with an interval of 2 h) were determined in 19 patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) at the emaciation...

... circumstances. The same functional state may be found in different diseases and, in contrast, one disease can evolve through different functional states with time. 21 11 2008 LH-RH FSH LH Amenorrhoea Anorexia nervosa Pituitary tumours Puberty Gonadal diseases © 1975 S. Karger AG, Basel...

...T.S. Danowski; E. Livstone; A.R. Gonzales; Y. Jung; R.C. Khurana Increases in serum growth hormone which characterize acute starvation in non-obese individuals were usually absent in anorexia nervosa. Serum LH was decreased with serum FSH apparently normal in the majority. Increased adrenocortical...

...Thomas Reinehr; Adelbert Isa; Gideon de Sousa; Rainer Dieffenbach; Werner Andler Background/Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze thyroid hormones in female adolescents with obesity and anorexia nervosa (AN) before and after normalization of weight. Methods: Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH...

... to in the content or advertisements. Anorexia nervosa Eating disorder Menarche Primary amenorrhea Puberty Case records of patients referred to the pediatric services of Uppsala University Children’s Hospital for medical assessment of a suspected or diagnosed ED with onset before menarche...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Ghrelin Growth hormone secretagogue receptor Fetal pancreas Anorexia nervosa Obesity Prader-Willi syndrome Growth hormone secretagogues (GHS) are artificial compounds with potent growth hormone (GH)-secreting properties...

...-life, bioavailability, and endocrine actions depend on the ternary complex formation. Despite GH hypersecretion, serum IGF-I, IGFBP-3, and ALS levels have all been reported to be low in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), while the degree of ternary complex formation in AN is unknown. Methods: Serum...

...Stephan Herpertz; Richard Wagner; Norbert Albers; Werner F. Blum; Barbara Pelz; Mathias Langkafel; Werner Köpp; Andreas Henning; Corinna Oberste-Berghaus; Klaus Mann; Wolfgang Senf; Johannes Hebebrand In anorexia nervosa, underweight results from a loss of body mass due to a restricted energy...