Electrolyte and other blood serum abnormalities in normal weight bulimia nervosa: Evidence for sampling bias

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 358-362

  Peeters, Frenk ^a,b   Meijboom, Anja ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Comm Mental Health Centre ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulimia nervosa; Electrolytes; Sampling bias; Serum abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034059687     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200004)27:3<358::AID-EAT15>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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