Severe hyponatraemia secondary to psychogenic polydipsia in a patient with anorexia nervosa

Mushira Che Mokhtar¹, Lauren Chong^{1

2}, Gail Anderson¹, Christine Wearne¹, Linette Gomes¹, Basiliki Lampropoulos^{1

3}, Michael Kohn¹, Simon Clarke¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.

Case Reports

Mushira Che Mokhtar et al. J Paediatr Child Health. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;58(7):1267-1269.

doi: 10.1111/jpc.15820. Epub 2021 Nov 18.

Mushira Che Mokhtar¹, Lauren Chong^{1

2}, Gail Anderson¹, Christine Wearne¹, Linette Gomes¹, Basiliki Lampropoulos^{1

3}, Michael Kohn¹, Simon Clarke¹

¹ Department of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

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