Bone disease in anorexia nervosa

Anastasia D. Dede, George P. Lyritis, Symeon Tournis

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Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric disorder accompanied by high morbidity and mortality. It is characterized by emaciation due to self-starvation and displays a unique hormonal profile. Alterations in gonadal axis, growth hormone resistance with low insulin-like growth factor I levels, hypercortisolemia and low triiodothyronine …

The “depressive” face of osteoporosis and the “osteoporotic” face of depression

Kyriakos Aloumanis, Kostantinos Mavroudis

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Osteoporosis and depression are two chronic diseases that affect large population groups with great impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. An association between osteoporosis and depression has been described in the literature …