The clinical profile of patients with anorexia nervosa in Singapore: A follow-up descriptive study

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 324-328

  Kuek, Angeline ^a   Utpala, Ranjani ^a   Lee, Huei Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY ASSESSMENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DSM-IV; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOMUTILATION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931097213     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2015090     Document Type: Article

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