Anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents: Diagnosis, treatment and the role of the pediatrician

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Silber, T J ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AN; Malnutriton; Neurobiology; Refeeding syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITONIN; PRASTERONE;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CHOLESTEROL DIET; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; KETOACIDOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBESITY; OSTEOPENIA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF EVALUATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CHILD; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 84876545320     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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