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. 1984 Jan 1;130(1):45–46.

Anorexia nervosa associated with energy-wasting disorders.

U Sreenivasan
PMCID: PMC1875675  PMID: 6689989

Abstract

Some patients with anorexia nervosa and energy-wasting disorders have been found to be able to use their illness to lose weight. This paper presents two patients with diabetes mellitus and one with ulcerative colitis in whom the illness was complicated by anorexia nervosa.

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