Case study: Anorexia nervosa and autistic disorder in an adolescent girl

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 937-940

  Fisman, Sandra ^a,b   Steele, Margaret ^a   Short, Judith ^a   Byrne, Tara ^a   Lavallee, Chad ^a  

^a Child Psychiatry Rotation   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; autism; compulsions; obsessions; serotonin dysregulation

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029900127     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199607000-00021     Document Type: Article

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