title: [Infantile anorexia nervosa].
abstract: Infantile anorexia nervosa is different from anorexia nervosa of the adolescent; it occurs early in life, more often since the use of milk powder. The main pathway is the dyadic unit "mother and child"; the author reports two female cases of unequivalent severities, with 6 months back-up. Various presentations are discussed and focused on the struggle and duality between the mother and the child as a major element in the genesis of infantile anorexia nervosa; no organic illness was found, preventive attitude is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédiatrie, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beyrouth.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gerbaka
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karam
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D015984:Causality; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Anorexie nerveuse du nourrisson.