Childhood-onset anorexia nervosa is a serious illness

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 817, Issue , 1997, Pages 120-126

  Lask, Bryan ^a   Waugh, Rachel ^a   Gordon, Isky ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFEEDING; VOMITING;

EID: 0030824922     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48201.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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