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Unusual Pituitary Activity in a Case of Anorexia Nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

M. Reiss
M. Reiss*
Affiliation:
From the Endocrinological Department of the Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol
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Extract

The case about to be described showed during the 18 months when she was under close observation certain remarkable pathological endocrine features. These, viewed together and in retrospect, throw considerable light on the relationship between pituitary function and so-called anorexia nervosa, and introduce a broader conception of the latter somewhat misleading designation.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 89 , Issue 375 , April 1943 , pp. 270 - 273
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1943 

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Hemphill, R. E., and Reiss, M. (1942), Journ. Ment. Sci., 88, 559.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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