Abstract
Patients with bulimia who abuse laxatives as a manifestation of their eating disorder may demonstrate a low serum bicarbonate on routine laboratory screening, suggesting diarrhea‐induced metabolic acidosis. The utility of this finding as a diagnostic marker is discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 557-560 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | International Journal of Eating Disorders |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1987 |
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