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. 2015 Jul 2:11:1639-43.
doi: 10.2147/NDT.S83831. eCollection 2015.

Early-onset anorexia nervosa in girls with Asperger syndrome

Iva Dudova  1 , Jana Kocourkova  1 , Jiri Koutek  1
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Early-onset anorexia nervosa in girls with Asperger syndrome

Iva Dudova et al. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. .

Abstract

Eating disorders frequently occur in conjunction with autism spectrum disorders, posing diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. The comorbidity of anorexia nervosa and Asperger syndrome is a significant clinical complication and has been associated with a poorer prognosis. The authors are presenting the cases of an eleven-year-old girl and a five-and-a-half-year-old girl with comorbid eating disorders and Asperger syndrome.

Keywords: Asperger syndrome; autism spectrum disorders; diagnostics; early-onset anorexia nervosa; eating disorders; therapy.

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