Am J Psychiatry 1985; 142:495-496
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Osteoporosis and pathologic fractures in anorexia nervosa

AW Brotman and TA Stern

Osteoporosis with pathologic fractures occurred in three patients with chronic anorexia nervosa. The authors discuss the pathophysiology of this rarely reported complication and advise clinicians to thoroughly investigate complaints of bone or back pain from this high-risk population.

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