Parotid gland enlargement in eating disorders: An insensitive sign?

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Price, C ^a   Schmidt, M A ^b   Adam, E J ^b   Lacey, H ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; Parotid glands; Salivary glands; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID ENLARGEMENT; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HYPERTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VOMITING;

EID: 63849193947     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327509     Document Type: Article

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