Linear growth and final height characteristics in adolescent females with anorexia nervosa.

OBJECTIVE: Growth retardation is an established complication of anorexia nervosa (AN). However, findings concerning final height of AN patients are inconsistent. The aim of this study was to assess these phenomena in female adolescent inpatients with AN. METHODS: We retrospectively studied all 211 f...

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Main Authors: Dalit Modan-Moses, Amit Yaroslavsky, Brigitte Kochavi, Anat Toledano, Sharon Segev, Fadel Balawi, Edith Mitrany, Daniel Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3445517?pdf=render