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Late onset anorexia nervosa and the role of parental family. Presentation of two cases

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  1. Eating Disorders Unit, 1st Psychiatric Department, Eginition Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Vas Sofias 74str, 11528, Athens, Greece

    Fragiskos Gonidakis, Georgios Georgantopoulos, Georgios Konstantakopoulos & Eleftheria Varsou

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Gonidakis, F., Georgantopoulos, G., Konstantakopoulos, G. et al. Late onset anorexia nervosa and the role of parental family. Presentation of two cases. Eat Weight Disord 19, 409–412 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-014-0098-3

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