Sponge eating: Is it an obsessive compulsive disorder or an unusual form of pica?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1853-1854

  Gupta, A ^a   Rajput, S ^a   Maduabuchi, G ^a   Kumar, P ^b  

^a DARENT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Iron deficiency; Pica; Sponge eating

Indexed keywords

GLUTEN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON RESTRICTION; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PICA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PICA;

EID: 36249003860     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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