Acute Gastric Dilatation and Acute Pancreatitis in a Patient with an Eating Disorder: Solving a Chicken and Egg Situation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 571-575

  Kim, Hyung Hun ^a   Park, Seun Ja ^a   Park, Moo In ^a   Moon, Won ^a  

^a Kosin University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorder; Gastric dilatation; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PANCREATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; STOMACH DISTENSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GASTRIC DILATATION; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879791495     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4595     Document Type: Article

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