Anorexia nervosa - Medical complications

Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mehler, Philip S ^a   Brown, Carrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Cardiac; Complications; Gastrointestinal; Medical; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941146365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20502974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-015-0040-8     Document Type: Review

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