title: Early onset anorexia nervosa.
abstract: A review of records form Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago) between 1960 and 1980 yielded 15 cases of anorexia nervosa in children aged 12 and under. Three of these cases are described herein to point out the clinical characteristics and the possible connection to affective disorder (depression) of this variant of anorexia nervosa.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors