Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menu

Pica Disease

Known as: pica disorder, Pica, Pica Eating Disorder 
An eating disorder characterized by the persistent eating of nonnutritive substances such as clay or soil; this behavior must be inappropriate to the… 
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

Related topics

13 relations
AllotriophagyCravingEating DisordersIn Blood

Narrower (2)

CoprophagiaGeophagia

Broader (1)

Neurotic Disorders

Papers overview

Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Degradation of paracetamol by catalytic wet air oxidation and sequential adsorption – catalytic wet air oxidation on activated carbons
The concern about the fate of pharmaceutical products has raised owing to the increasing contamination of rivers, lakes and… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Differential effects of dexamethasone, ondansetron and a tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonist (GR205171) on cisplatin-induced changes in behaviour, food intake, pica and gastric function in rats.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Pica—A model of nausea? Species differences in response to cisplatin
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Synthesis of porous titania microspheres for HPLC packings by polymerization-induced colloid aggregation (PICA).
Porous titania microspheres with a very narrow particle size distribution (PSD) were synthesized by polymerization-induced… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Evidence of Soil-Pica Behaviour and Quantification of Soil Ingested
A previously published report1 on soil ingestion in children, revealed evidence that one of the subjects, a 3.5-year-old female… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
[Cerebellar infarction in the area of the posterior cerebellar artery. Clinicopathology of 28 cases].
We report a neuropathological study of cerebellar infarctions involving the territory of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Extra-pair courtship in black-billed magpies
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Spouses' understanding of the communication disabilities of aphasic patients.
The language skills of 11 aphasic patients were assessed through the use of the PICA. Spuses's understanding of the aphasic… 
Review
1970
Review
1970
Sparsity-Directed Decomposition for Gaussian Elimination on Matrices
This is a concise critical survey of the theory and practice relating to the ordered Gaussian elimination on sparse systems. A… 
1962
1962
Nutritional studies of children with pica. I Controlled study evaluating nutritional status.
Thirty Negro children with pica were compared nutritionally with 28 control children from the same socioeconomic background. The… 
By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy (opens in a new tab), Terms of Service (opens in a new tab), and Dataset License (opens in a new tab)