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laxative abuse

Known as: habit laxative, abuse laxative, abuse of laxatives 
National Institutes of Health

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2001
2001
Evidence for long-term pancreatic damage caused by laxative abuse in subjects recovered from anorexia nervosa.
OBJECTIVE This study examined whether a prior history of laxative abuse results in long-term changes in gastrointestinal function… 
1998
1998
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders
The criteria for a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa are summarized in Table 1. It is generally believed that fear of weight gain and… 
1997
1997
Hypokalemia leading to torsades de pointes. Munchausen's disorder or bulimia nervosa?
1995
1995
Binge-eating disorder and the night-eating syndrome A. J. STUNKARD, R. I. BERKOWITZ and C. TANRIKUT. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A.
1990
1990
Chronic laxative abusers with pseudo-idiopathic oedema and autonomous pseudo-Bartter's syndrome. A spectrum of metabolic madness, or new lights on an old disease?
The numerous metabolic abnormalities encountered in chronic purgative abusers were investigated and the new concept of autonomous… 
1987
1987
[Secondary gout and pseudo-Bartter syndrome in females with laxative abuse].
Four females (27-54 y), presenting with a history of long-term laxative abuse, were admitted to the Medizinische Poliklinik for… 
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1984
Highly Cited
1984
Binge-eating, self-induced vomiting and laxative abuse: a community study
Synopsis Following a television documentary on bulimia nervosa, people who thought that they had this type of eating problem were… 
1983
1983
Finger clubbing associated with laxative abuse.
We have added two cases of finger clubbing in laxative-abusing patients to the four other cases recorded in the literature… 
1983
1983
Anthraquinone-induced clubbing associated with laxative abuse
SummaryExcess Senokot ingestion over a prolonged period can give rise to reversible finger and toe clubbing. Laxative abuse must… 
1979
1979
Surreptitious laxative abuse.
Vast amounts of laxatives are consumed in the Western world. This unsurprising statement is illustrated by the following figures… 
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