to explore the relationship of central and peripheral adrenocorticotropic hormone ( acth , or corticotropin ) levels to hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction in patients with eating disorders , levels of cerebrospinal fluid ( csf ) and plasma acth , cortisol , and 24-hour urinary free cortisol were measured in 16 patients with anorexia nervosa ( 60 % +/- 1.1 % of ideal body weight ) , 14 patients with bulimia ( 93.2 % +/- 4.6 % of ideal body weight ) , and 11 healthy age-matched women volunteers .
C0013473
eating disorders
C0003125
anorexia nervosa