Adult onset paper pica in the context of anorexia nervosa with major depressive disorder and a history of childhood geophagia: A case report

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1341-1342

  Yalug, Irem ^a   Kirmizi Alsan, Elif ^a   Tufan, Ali Evren ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CASE REPORT; COMPULSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GEOPHAGIA; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; ONSET AGE; PAPER; PICA; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PICA;

EID: 34447572735     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2007.05.004     Document Type: Letter

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