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Common physiological changes in anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Halmi Katherine A.,
Falk James R.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198123)1:1<16::aid-eat2260010103>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , anorexia , psychology , metabolic disorder , rehabilitation , endocrinology , medicine , psychiatry , eating disorders , neuroscience
A variety of physiological abnormalities are associated with the disorder, anorexia nervosa. In this study 40 anorexia patients were studied for hematological, electrolyte, lipid, and serum enzyme aberrations when they entered a treatment study in the emaciated state and again after nutritional rehabilitation. This article discusses all those metabolic aberrations which revert to normal with nutritional rehabilitation and those aberrations which occur in the course of weight gain.