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Severe hypoglycaemia and sudden death in anorexia nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

P. J. Ratcliffe  and
J. S. Bevan
P. J. Ratcliffe*
Affiliation:
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
J. S. Bevan
Affiliation:
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr P. J. Ratcliffe, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
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Synopsis

Two patients with severe anorexia nervosa developed hypoglycaemic coma which was fatal in one case. Physical exertion may have contributed to this complication.

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Case Report
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , August 1985 , pp. 679 - 681
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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