Vomiting and feeling fat - Coincidence of achalasia and bulimia nervosa

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-92

  Teufel, Martin ^a   Lamprecht, Georg ^a   Zipfel, Stephan ^a   Schrauth, Markus ^a   Rapps, Nora ^a   Martens, Ute ^a   Gross, Gaby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Bulimia nervosa; Gastrointestinal disturbances

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VOMITING;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; BULIMIA NERVOSA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; VOMITING;

EID: 58449098828     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20582     Document Type: Article

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