Anorexia nervosa and ‘Turner syndrome’: cause or coincidence?

We report the eleventh documented case of the concurrence of anorexia nervosa and ‘Turner syndrome’. Although some authors have suggested that the 2 syndromes occur together more often than by chance, and 5% of anorexia nervosa patients karyotyped to date have ‘Turner syndrome’, recent evidence in f...

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Published in:Psychological medicine 1981-02, Vol.11 (1), p.141-145
Main Authors: Darby, Padraig L., Garfinkel, Paul E., Vale, Joan M., Kirwan, Peter J., Brown, Gregory M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anorexia Nervosa - complications
Anorexia Nervosa - psychology
Body Image
Female
Humans
Turner Syndrome - complications
Turner Syndrome - psychology
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Summary:We report the eleventh documented case of the concurrence of anorexia nervosa and ‘Turner syndrome’. Although some authors have suggested that the 2 syndromes occur together more often than by chance, and 5% of anorexia nervosa patients karyotyped to date have ‘Turner syndrome’, recent evidence in fact suggests that the 2 conditions do not occur together more often than one would expect by chance.
ISSN:0033-2917
1469-8978
DOI:10.1017/S0033291700053356