Pattern of onset of bulimic symptoms in anorexia nervosa.
Among patients with anorexia nervosa in a research program, the proportion of those who had developed bulimia before anorexia increased between 1976 and 1987. These preliminary results may reflect a new symptom pattern with important clinical and research implications.
Kassett
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JA
Laboratory of Clinical Science, NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Gwirtsman
H E
HE
Kaye
W H
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Brandt
H A
HA
Jimerson
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001835:Body Weight; D002032:Bulimia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies