ELEVATED PLASMA MONOAMINE METABOLITES IN EATING DISORDERS

Authors
BOWERS MB MAZURE CM GREENFELD DG
Citation
Mb. Bowers et al., ELEVATED PLASMA MONOAMINE METABOLITES IN EATING DISORDERS, Psychiatry research, 52(1), 1994, pp. 11-15
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Psychiatry research → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651781
Volume
52
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
11 - 15
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1781(1994)52:1<11:EPMMIE>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Mean fasting plasma homovanillic acid (HVA) levels were elevated in fe males hospitalized with eating disorders (both anorexia and bulimia ne rvosa) compared with females hospitalized with adjustment disorder. Fa sting plasma 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) was elevated in an orectic patients only. Five patients with eating disorder and psychosi s had higher values for HVA and MHPG than the remainder of the patient s with eating disorder.