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Clinical guidelines for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

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Steinhausen, H.C. Clinical guidelines for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 6, 121–128 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00538983

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