Xylophagia (paper eating): A rare form of pica

Xylophagia is a form of pica where patients have the unusual craving for ingestion of paper. After treating the underlying cause of pica, in this case treating iron deficiency anemia with iron replacement therapy, these unusual cravings resolve.

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Autores principales: Kurtz, Daniel, Azar, Ibrahim, Khan, Hajra, Lilley, Kirthi, Woldie, Indryas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3157
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spelling pubmed-77525802020-12-23 Xylophagia (paper eating): A rare form of pica Kurtz, Daniel Azar, Ibrahim Khan, Hajra Lilley, Kirthi Woldie, Indryas Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Xylophagia is a form of pica where patients have the unusual craving for ingestion of paper. After treating the underlying cause of pica, in this case treating iron deficiency anemia with iron replacement therapy, these unusual cravings resolve. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7752580/ /pubmed/33363971 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3157 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kurtz, Daniel
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Lilley, Kirthi
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Xylophagia (paper eating): A rare form of pica
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title_full Xylophagia (paper eating): A rare form of pica
title_fullStr Xylophagia (paper eating): A rare form of pica
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title_short Xylophagia (paper eating): A rare form of pica
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3157
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