Anorexia nervosa and senna misuse: Nephrocalcinosis, digital clubbing and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 348-

  McLaughlin, Andrew F ^a  

^a Burwood Nuclear Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENNA EXTRACT;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLUBBING FINGERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; LETTER; LUNG CALCIFICATION; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 53549106609     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02064.x     Document Type: Letter

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