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Anorexia Nervosa and Turner's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Bob Fieldsend
Bob Fieldsend*
Affiliation:
Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2TT
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Abstract

A case is described of a patient with Turner's mosaic (XO/XX) associated with anorexia nervosa. The cases described in the literature point towards the multifactorial aetiology of anorexia nervosa, emphasising factors other than the suppression of sexuality.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 2 , February 1988 , pp. 270 - 271
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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