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Anorexia nervosa and ‘Turner syndrome’: cause or coincidence?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Padraig L. Darby ,
Paul E. Garfinkel ,
Joan M. Vale ,
Peter J. Kirwan  and
Gregory M. Brown
Padraig L. Darby*
Affiliation:
Psychosomatic Medicine Unit, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada
Paul E. Garfinkel
Affiliation:
Psychosomatic Medicine Unit, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada
Joan M. Vale
Affiliation:
Psychosomatic Medicine Unit, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada
Peter J. Kirwan
Affiliation:
Psychosomatic Medicine Unit, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada
Gregory M. Brown
Affiliation:
Psychosomatic Medicine Unit, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Padraig L. Darby, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, 250 College Street, Toronto, Canada, M5T 1R8.
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Synopsis

We report the eleventh documented case of the concurrence of anorexia nervosa and ‘Turner syndrome’. Although some authors have suggested that the 2 syndromes occur together more often than by chance, and 5% of anorexia nervosa patients karyotyped to date have ‘Turner syndrome’, recent evidence in fact suggests that the 2 conditions do not occur together more often than one would expect by chance.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 141 - 145
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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