Category Psychiatry
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa = chronic, severe, multi-system disorder which is rooted in a fear of becoming overweight with deliberate weight loss

Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816 – 1883) 340

Ernest-Charles Lasègue

Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816 – 1883) French Physician. Eponym Lasègue sign of sciatic nerve irritation. Anorexia nervosa. Folie à deux. Conversion hysteria.