RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Medical complications of anorexia nervosa
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 361
OP 366
DO 10.3949/ccjm.87a.19084
VO 87
IS 6
A1 Jeana Cost
A1 Mori J. Krantz
A1 Philip S. Mehler
YR 2020
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/6/361.abstract
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.