title: [Somatic disturbances in anorexia nervosa].
abstract: This article summarizes a variety of physiological abnormalities found in anorexia nervosa. Metabolic aberrations, endocrine dysfunctions and other physical complications including those of weight-restoring treatments are discussed. Most of them are due to weight loss and the starvation process itself and revert to normal with nutritional rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Philipps-Universität Marburg.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herpertz-Dahlmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Remschmidt
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000378:metabolism; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors
vernacular_title: Somatische Störungen bei Anorexia nervosa.