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Animal models in the investigation of anorexia.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Jun 2003
Siegfried Zahava, Berry Elliot M, Hao Shuzhen, Avraham Yosefa
Abstract excerpt
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder of unknown origin that most commonly occurs in women and usually has its onset in adolescence. Patients with AN invariably have a disturbed body image and an intense fear of weight gain. There is currently no definitive treatment for this disease, which carries a 20% mortality over 20 years. Development of an appropriate animal model of AN has been difficult, as the...
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