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Anorexia and autism – are they related?

August 10, 2013 by

Girls with anorexia nervosa have some of the traits observed in people with autism, researchers at the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University reported in the journal Molecular Autism. As background information, the authors explained that anorexia nervosa ('anorexia') is an eating disorder in which the patient refuses to maintain a minimum body weight (15% below expected body weight)...

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