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Short stature as a possible etiological factor in anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Brinch M.,
Manthorpe T.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02903.x
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , etiology , short stature , psychology , tall stature , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , pediatrics , eating disorders
The 21st case of concurrence of anorexia nervosa (AN) and gonadal dysgenesis (GD) or Turners syndrome is presented together with two more cases of AN in girls of short stature, but with normal chromosomes. The concurrence of AN and GD in the Danish population over a 10 year period is found not to be beyond the expected frequency. The possibility of low stature as such as an etiologic factor in AN is presented on the background of three cases. The same hypothesis has been suggested previously, but we cannot support the view of short stature as a common condition in AN patients premorbidly.