title: A case report of Usher's syndrome and anorexia nervosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This report describes the rare combination of anorexia nervosa, deafness, and visual impairment with a particular emphasis on management issues. To the author's knowledge, this is the first report of an eating disorder in a patient who is deaf with a visual impairment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It describes the history of such a patient and the difficulties encountered in her treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, England.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valmana
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lacey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005869:Ghana / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome