Generalized pruritus in anorexia nervosa

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 510-511

  Taniguchi, S ^a   Yamamoto, N ^b   Kono, T ^a   Hamada, T ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0029925612     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb16239.x     Document Type: Article

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