PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Gross, Meir TI - Anorexia nervosa: an overview DP - 1983 Sep 21 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 371--376 VI - 50 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/50/3/371.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/50/3/371.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1983 Sep 21; 50 AB - 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.