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A Computer-Based Platform for Aiding Clinicians in Eating Disorder Analysis and Diagnosis
Published on: May 10, 2022
Dermatologic findings in the evaluation of adolescents with suspected eating disorders
Mary E Romano1, Neerav A Desai, S Todd Callahan
1Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA. mary.romano@Vanderbilt.Edu
Abstract:
Eating disorders are important causes of morbidity, with peak incidence and prevalence during adolescence and young adulthood. The assessment of adolescent patients with suspected eating disorders is not always straightforward. Youth may underreport eating disorder behaviors or deny that the behaviors are occurring. Moreover, symptoms of other medical or psychiatric conditions may be mistaken for an eating disorder and cooccurring conditions may complicate the clinical presentation. A thorough and careful evaluation is needed to establish the diagnosis and exclude other conditions. Dermatologic findings may provide important clues in this evaluation.
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