ABSTRACT
This brief overview of anorexia nervosa, which includes a description of the history, behavioral and medical symptoms, medical complications, and treatment, emphasizes the importance of obtaining a thorough history to establish an early diagnosis in patients who do not have the usual physical appearance of emaciation characteristic of this disorder.
- Received May 1983.
- Accepted June 1983.
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