Open AccessAssessment of the relationship between melatonin, hormones of the pituitary-ovarian, -thyroid and -adrenocortical axes, and osteoprotegerin and its ligand sRANKL in girls with anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Zofia Ostrowska,
Katarzyna Ziora,
Joanna Oświęcimska,
Kinga Wołkowska-Pokrywa,
Bożena Szapska
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
postępy higieny i medycyny doświadczalnej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1732-2693
pISSN - 0032-5449
DOI - 10.5604/17322693.1050027
Subject(s) - medicine , endocrinology , melatonin , hormone , radioimmunoassay , anorexia nervosa , immunoradiometric assay , eating disorders , psychiatry
It has been suggested that disturbances in melatonin (MEL) secretion might play a role in osteoporosis development in females with anorexia nervosa (AN). It might be hypothesized that changes in the levels of hormones of the pituitary-ovarian, -thyroid and -adrenocortical axes might mediate the potential relationship between MEL and bone tissue.