Anorexia nervosa and the frequency of sex chromatin-positive cells.
Five consecutive cases of anorexia nervosa in women have been investigated for variations in the frequency of sex chromatin-positive cells. The results showed a statistically signifcant relation between body weight and the frequency of sex chromatin-positive cells, the amount of sex chromatin increasing with rising body weight. These findings are difficult to explain but the results might conceivably be used, at least in some cases, as an index of changing basal biological functions in anorexia nervosa.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000235:genetics*; D001835:Body Weight; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012728:Sex Chromatin