A case of anorexia nervosa with comorbid Crohn's disease: Beneficial effects of anti-TNF-α therapy?

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 639-641

  Solmi, Marco ^a   Santonastaso, Paolo ^a   Caccaro, Roberta ^a   Favaro, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; immune system

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ALBUMIN; CYCLOSPORIN; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PREALBUMIN; PREDNISONE; THIAMINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CROHN DISEASE; DENIAL; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DSM-IV; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; MOTIVATION; NOSE FEEDING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; REFEEDING SYNDROME; REMISSION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84883180187     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22153     Document Type: Article

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