Severe anorexia nervosa associated with osteoporotic-linked femural neck fracture and pulmonary tuberculosis: A case report

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 463-467

  Rose, Matthias ^a,b   Hildebrandt, Martin ^a   Schoeneich, Frank ^a   Danzer, Gerhard ^a   Klapp, Burghard F ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Serious infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032916446     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199905)25:4<463::AID-EAT12>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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