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27-08-2022 | Other Eating Disorders | Letter to the Editor
Comment to the article titled: “Autonomic nervous system function in women with anorexia nervosa” by Jenkins and coll
Authors:
Antonina Luca, Maria Luca
Published in:
Clinical Autonomic Research
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Issue 6/2022
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Excerpt
We read with interest the article titled “Autonomic nervous system function in women with anorexia nervosa” by Jenkins et al. [
1]. This cross-sectional study involved 10 women with anorexia, 17 weight-restored women, and ten healthy controls. All participants were evaluated with an extensive battery assessing the autonomic nervous system functioning including muscle sympathetic nerve activity, blood pressure variability, head-up tilt test, sudomotor function, heart rate variability (HRV), and plasma catecholamines levels. …