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High levels of free testosterone in women with bulimia nervosa
Author(s) -
Sundblad C.,
Bergman L.,
Eriksson E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01613.x
Subject(s) - bulimia nervosa , free testosterone , medicine , endocrinology , testosterone (patch) , pathophysiology , psychology , androgen , psychiatry , eating disorders , sex hormone binding globulin , hormone
Women with normal‐weight bulimia nervosa ( n = 11) displayed significantly higher serum levels of free testosterone than age‐matched controls (6.0 ± 0.7 vs 3.9 ± 0.8 pmol/l; P = 0.03). The possible importance of androgens, in women, for the pathophysiology of conditions characterized by an impairment in impulse control is being discussed.