title: [Self-administered gastric tube nutrition in a child with infantile autism].
abstract: An example of self-administered gastric tube nutrition in a boy aged 15 years with infantile autism is presented. The boy would neither eat nor drink in the normal manner since the age of eight years and has gradually administered tube-feeding himself. This patient does not fulfill the international criteria for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. A possible etiological factor and the education/psychological attitudes to the compulsive symptom are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Københavns Amts Sygehus i Glostrup, børnepsykiatrisk afdeling.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dyrborg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Selvadministreret ventrikelsondeernaering hos et barn med infantil autisme.