Cardiac abnormalities in young women with anorexia nervosa.
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Cardiac abnormalities in young women with anorexia nervosa.
OBJECTIVE To identify the characteristics of cardiac involvement in the self-induced starvation phase of anorexia nervosa. METHODS Doppler echocardiographic indices of left ventricular geometry, function, and filling were examined in 21 white women (mean (SD) 22 (5) years) with anorexia nervosa according to the DSMIII (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) criteria, 19 women ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1994
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.71.3.287