A case of marked cerebellar atrophy in a woman with anorexia nervosa and cerebral atrophy and a review of the literature

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 443-447

  Addolorato, Giovanni ^a   Tarante, Colombo ^a   Capristo, Esmeralda ^a   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; CCT; Cerebral atrophy; D SPECT; MRI

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0031724399     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199812)24:4<443::AID-EAT13>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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