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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 34, 2756-2762, Copyright © 1981 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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An immunological assessment of patients with anorexia nervosa

JA Golla, LA Larson, CF Anderson, AR Lucas, WR Wilson and TB Tomasi Jr

Patients with most forms of protein-calorie malnutrition are typically more susceptible to infection. We studied the immunological consequences of a subgroup of malnourished subjects--nine patients with anorexia nervosa, who typically have a lower incidence of infection. The profiles of the patients with anorexia nervosa deviated from the reported typical profile of significantly depressed cell-mediated immunity in subjects with more common forms of protein-calorie malnutrition, demonstrating normal T-lymphocyte populations and unimpaired proliferative lymphocyte responsiveness to mitogenic stimulation with phytohemagglutinin and concanavalin A. In fact, mitogen responsiveness was significantly elevated above that of controls, and with nutritional repletion, this enhanced responsiveness regressed toward control values. Since impaired cell-mediated immunity has been consistently documented in other malnourished populations, and presumably contributes to their increased propensity toward infection, the maintenance of a relatively intact cell-mediated immune system may be an important factor separating the malnourished anorexia nervosa patient from other protein-calorie malnourished patients.


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