Divergent responses to fluoxetine from two compulsive, food-related conditions: Bulimia nervosa and compulsive water drinking

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 310-311

  Kornreich, Charles ^a   Dan, Bernard ^a   Verbanck, Paul ^a   Fontaine, Eric ^a   Pelc, Isidore ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulimia nervosa; Compulsive water drinking; Fluoxetine

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; POLYDIPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032519530     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00244-8     Document Type: Article

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