Somatic comorbidity in anorexia nervosa: First results of a 21-year follow-up study on female inpatients

Somatic comorbidity in anorexia nervosa: First results of a 21-year follow-up study on female inpatients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychosomatic disease with somatic complications in the long-term course and a high mortality rate. Somatic comorbidities independent of anorexia nervosa have rarely been studied, but pose a challenge to...

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Main Authors: Erdur Laurence, Kallenbach-Dermutz Bettina, Lehmann Vicky, Zimmermann-Viehoff Frank, Köpp Werner, Weber Cora, Deter Hans-Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-02-01
Series:BioPsychoSocial Medicine
Subjects:
anorexia nervosa
long-term course
somatic comorbidity
mortality
Online Access:http://www.bpsmedicine.com/content/6/1/4

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