A case of a 20-yr-old female with possible "alcoholic hepatitis" and a mixed micro/macronodular cirrhosis occurring in association with overt bulimia and a history of anorexia nervosa, but without any objective evidence of either alcoholism or alcohol abuse, is reported. The possible factors that ma
Bulimia in a male alcoholic: A symptom substitution in alcoholism
✍ Scribed by Çepik, Asli ;Arikan, Zehra ;Boratav, Cumhur ;Lşik, Erdal
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 274 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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