Cholecystokinin revisited: CCK and the hunger trap in anorexia nervosa.
OBJECTIVE: Despite a number of studies in the past decades, the role of Cholecystokinin (CCK) in anorexia nervosa (AN) has remained uncertain. In this study a highly specific assay for the biologically active part of CCK was used in patients with bulimic as well as with the restricting type of AN wh...
Main Authors: | Ulrich Cuntz, Paul Enck, Erich Frühauf, Peter Lehnert, Rudolf L Riepl, Manfred M Fichter, Bärbel Otto |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3547916?pdf=render |
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