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Chronic Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome in Anorexia Nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mostafa H. Elbadaway*
Affiliation:
Madina National Hospital, PO Box 1969, Madina, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

An 18-year-old woman presented with SMAS: an additional diagnosis of anorexia nervosa was later made. Both conditions should be considered when an adolescent presents with weight loss and vomiting.

British Journal of Psychiatry (1992), 160, 552–554

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992 

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