The superior mesenteric artery syndrome and acute gastric dilatation in eating disorders: A report of two cases and a review of the literature

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-114

  Adson, David E ^a,c   Mitchell, James E ^b   Trenkner, Stephen W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH DISTENSION; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BARIUM SULFATE; BULIMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC DILATATION; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; STOMACH; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031048207     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199703)21:2<103::AID-EAT1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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