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Atypical purging behaviors in a patient with anorexia nervosa: consumption of raw red kidney beans as an emetic

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 101, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

    Weronika Micula-Gondek, Ye Tao & Angela S. Guarda

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Micula-Gondek, W., Tao, Y. & Guarda, A.S. Atypical purging behaviors in a patient with anorexia nervosa: consumption of raw red kidney beans as an emetic. Eat Weight Disord 23, 537–539 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-017-0433-6

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