Diabulimia: an easily missed diagnosis?

Authors

  • Carl David Leith van Heyningen Peterborough City Hospital, North West Anglia NHS Trust
  • Karthikeyini Sujay Manoharan Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2018.196

Keywords:

recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis, type 1 diabetes, adolescent, eating disorder, diabulimia

Author Biographies

Carl David Leith van Heyningen, Peterborough City Hospital, North West Anglia NHS Trust

ST5 Paediatric Registrar

Karthikeyini Sujay Manoharan, Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals, UK

ST7 Paediatric Registrar 

SPIN Paediatric Endocrinology 

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2018-12-12