Glycogen and Liver Dysfunction in Anorexia Nervosa
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Anorexia nervosa with severe liver dysfunction and subsequent critical complications.
A twenty-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa (body mass index=11) suffered from severe liver dysfunction (aspartate aminotransferase 5,000 IU/l, alanine aminotransferase 3,980 IU/l, prothrombin time 32%), hypoglycemia (serum glucose 27 mg/dl), and pancreatic dysfunction (amylase 820 IU/l, lipase 558 IU/l). She fell into a depressive state with irritability, which was not improved by intravenou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.652