Hair apparent: Rapunzel syndrome

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-248

  Frey, Ariel S ^b   McKee, Milissa ^b   King, Robert A ^b   Martin, Andrés ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPUNZEL SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICHOBEZOAR; TRICHOPHAGIA; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

BEZOARS; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PICA; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 13444294294     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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