Severe hypoglycaemia and sudden death in anorexia nervosa
- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 15 (3) , 679-681
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700031536
Abstract
Synopsis: Two patients with severe anorexia nervosa developed hypoglycaemic coma which was fatal in one case. Physical exertion may have contributed to this complication.Keywords
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