Bulimia nervosa presenting as rectal purging and rectal prolapse: Case report and literature review

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 456-459

  Guerdjikova, Anna I ^a,b   O'Melia, Anne ^a,b   Riffe, Kris ^a   Palumbo, Todd ^a   McElroy, Susan L ^a,b  

^a Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bulimia nervosa; purging; rectal prolapse

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BLOATING; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM PURGING; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BULIMIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECTAL PROLAPSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858217312     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20959     Document Type: Article

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