Eating Disorders and the Skin

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Strumia, Renata (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Dermatology.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Psychiatry.; Oral surgery.; Maxillofacial surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

At least 40 skin signs are associated with eating disorders (EDs), and some of them are considered guiding signs because they are indicative of an otherwise hidden ED. These skin signs may arise due to starvation, self-induced vomiting, drug consumption, and concomitant psychiatric illness. The role...