PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jeana Cost
AU  - Mori J. Krantz
AU  - Philip S. Mehler
TI  - Medical complications of anorexia nervosa
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.87a.19084
DP  - 2020 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 361--366
VI  - 87
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/6/361.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/6/361.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2020 Jun 01; 87
AB  - Anorexia nervosa is a mental illness characterized by self-starvation, marked weight loss, and malnutrition. As the illness worsens, numerous medical complications develop throughout the body. Some of these resolve with effective nutritional rehabilitation and weight gain, whereas others can lead to permanent damage.