Chapter-42 Female athlete – the triad
BOOK TITLE: Key Clinical Topics in Sports and Exercise Medicine
Author
1. Narvani A Ali
2. Thomas Panos
3. Lynn Bruce
ISBN
9781907816635
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12204_47
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2014
Pages
4
Author Affiliations
1.
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK
2.
The Whittington Hospital, London, UK
3.
University College London, London, UK
Chapter keywords
Weight-sensitive sports,
athlete triad,
amenorrhoea,
leptin,
thyroxine,
oral contraceptives