Medical assessment of adolescent girls with eating disorders: An evaluation of symptoms and signs of starvation

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1363-1371

  Swenne, Ingemar ^a   Engström, Ingemar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorder; Signs; Starvation; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DRY SKIN; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAIL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; STARVATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STARVATION; SWEDEN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 27144443648     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250510042915     Document Type: Article

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