STEROID EXCRETION IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA PATIENTS
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 90 (1) , 133-138
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0900133
Abstract
Seven anorexia nervosa (AN) patients had reduced urinary excretion values of tetrahydrocortisone (THE), androsterone (A) and 5.alpha.-tetrahydrocortisol (5.alpha.-THF). THE to tetrahydrocortisol (THF), A to etiocholanolone (Ae) and 5.alpha.-THF to THF ratios were all significantly reduced. Six AN patients had oral metyrapone tests with quantitatively normal but delayed urinary 3.alpha.,17.alpha.,21-trihydroxy-5.beta.-pregnan-20-one (THS) response. The steroid determinations were done by capillary gas chromatography, which was of value in the study of the metabolic abnormalities.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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