Psychoendocrinology of anorexia nervosa.
An extensive literature exists on the pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa (AN). This article reviews succinctly the disturbances in the reproductive biology of AN; they exemplify the fragility of the physiologic mechanisms that underlie reproductive function. They pose the following question: Why is this crucial function so easily disrupted given that the species would not survive without it?
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Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles.
D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000503:physiopathology; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015431:Weight Loss
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones