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Kidney disease as a medical complication of eating disorders

Nature Reviews Nephrology volume 18, pages 677–678 (2022)Cite this article

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Kidney disease is an underappreciated medical complication of anorexia nervosa. Further research is needed to clarify the mechanisms that drive kidney disease in patients who restrict caloric intake or engage in purging. Education and awareness are also needed, because kidney disease is often under-recognized by these patients and their clinicians.

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  1. ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Severe Malnutrition, Denver, CO, USA

    Leah Puckett & Philip Mehler

  2. University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

    Leah Puckett & Philip Mehler

  3. Technion Medical School, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Shoshana Mehler

  4. Eating Recovery Center, Denver, CO, USA

    Philip Mehler

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Puckett, L., Mehler, S. & Mehler, P. Kidney disease as a medical complication of eating disorders. Nat Rev Nephrol 18, 677–678 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-022-00610-y

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