Body weight in acute anorexia nervosa and at follow-up assessed with percentiles for the body mass index: Implications of a low body weight at referral

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-357

  Hebebrand, Johannes ^a   Himmelmann, Günther W ^a   Wewetzer, Christoph ^b   Gutenbrunner, Cornelius ^a   Heseker, Helmut ^c   Schäfer, Helmut ^a   Remschmidt, Helmut ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029898043     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199605)19:4<347::AID-EAT3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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