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Bulimia Nervosa in an Atypical Setting: Case Report from Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sunny T. C. Ilechukwu  and
Sekia M. Nhiwatiwa
Sunny T. C. Ilechukwu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry College of Medicine University of Lagos PMB 12003 Lagos, Nigeria
Sekia M. Nhiwatiwa
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry College of Medicine University of Lagos PMB 12003 Lagos, Nigeria
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 6 , June 1988 , pp. 864 - 865
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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