Severe renal failure and nephrocalcinosis in anorexia nervosa

• Hunter Area Pathology Service; and Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Newcastle, John Hunter Hospital, Locked Bag 1, Hunter Region Mail Centre, NSW 2310.

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