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Concurrence of Turner's Syndrome and Anorexia Nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Hans Forssman ,
Gunnel Mellbin  and
Jan Wålinder
Hans Forssman
Affiliation:
University of Göteborg, Psychiatric Research Centre, St. Jörgen's Hospital, S-42203, Hisings Backa, Sweden
Gunnel Mellbin
Affiliation:
University of Göteborg, Psychiatric Research Centre, St. Jörgen's Hospital, S-42203, Hisings Backa, Sweden
Jan Wålinder
Affiliation:
University of Göteborg, Psychiatric Research Centre, St. Jörgen's Hospital, S-42203, Hisings Backa, Sweden
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Many of the links in the chain of circumstances leading to anorexia nervosa are still not clear. Ever since Sir William Gull in 1868 first described and in, 874 named the condition, investigators have put most of the blame for it on psychological circumstances, such as an adverse relationship between mother and daughter. Tolstrup (1967), after reviewing the observations of a long list of authors, concluded that no physical explanation of note was forth-coming. Another of the many adherents of the psychogenetic school is Thomä (1961).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 531 , February 1970 , pp. 221 - 223
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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