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Phenylketonuria and anorexia nervosa
1Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England.
Journal of Mental Deficiency Research
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
A girl with phenylketonuria and mild mental retardation developed a behaviour disorder and anorexia nervosa at the age of 14. The anorexic symptoms disappeared at the age of 20, but the behaviour disorder worsened, leading to compulsory detention in a psychiatric hospital. Serum phenylalanine levels may have influenced the course of the disorder.