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Anorexia Nervosa and Gastric Rugal Hyperplasia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. D. Cockett*
Affiliation:
The Institute of Family Psychiatry, 23 Henley Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3TF

Abstract

A case of anorexia nervosa associated with gastric rugal hyperplasia in a 36-year-old male is reported and some speculations are made about the relationship between these two conditions.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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