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Plasma prolactin and luteinizing hormone levels in anorexia nervosa1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

P. J. V. Beumont ,
H. G. Friesen ,
M. G. Gelder  and
T. Kolakowska
P. J. V. Beumont*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada
H. G. Friesen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada
M. G. Gelder
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada
T. Kolakowska
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada
*
2Address for correspondence: Dr. P. J. V. Beumont, Department of Psychiatry, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Sysnopsis

Five emaciated patients suffering from anorexia nervosa were studied. Mean plasma prolactin levels, as measured by radioimmunoassay, were within the normal range, although mean plasma levels of luteinizing hormone were depressed. This association is of interest as it suggests that basal levels of circulating prolactin are not affected by the hypothalamic disorder found in patients with anorexia nervosa.

Type
Preliminary communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1974 , pp. 219 - 221
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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Footnotes

1

This work was supported by the Medical Research Council, Grant G970/227C.

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